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Occurrence record: Echinoderm:Q004978

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867 recorded on 1987-09-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Echinoderm Collection
Supplied collection code "Echinoderm"
Catalog number Q004978
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Echinoderm:Q004978
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by A.K. Hoggett  
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1987

Event

Occurrence date 1987-09-25
Supplied as year:1987  month:9  day:25 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Supplied as "Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix)"
Species Ophiothrix purpurea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship von Martens, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality East side of West Passage, Ashmore Reef
Latitude -12.24167
Supplied as: "-12.24167"
Longitude 122.98167
Supplied as: "122.98167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 6a0aecc3-a1e8-4c9c-bf16-8c99da53a120
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea
    Coordinates -12.24167,122.98167
    Related records
    Record UUID 9d6deefa-f340-43e6-be1c-f95f906b51dc
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea
    Coordinates -12.24167,122.98167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ashmore Reef
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ashmore Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ashmore Reef
    NRM Regions 2010 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 Ashmore and Cartier Islands
    RAMSAR wetland regions Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Ashmore Reef Marine Park