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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z9281

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1963-03-17
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z9281
Other catalog numbers ["1189-88"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:9281
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hodgkin, E.P.  
Collector Hodgkin, E.P.  
Supplied as "Hodgkin, E.P."
Individual count 1
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 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1988-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1963-03-17
Supplied as year:1963  month:3  day:17 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
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 0497dc28-2e6d-468b-b553-5b2ef3a14be7
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -31.717,128.8994
    Related records
    Record UUID a5abcdee-2fe1-4412-89de-e7137f077fc8
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM