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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F242276

Preserved specimen of Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Seastar recorded on 1972-11-18
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F242276
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F242276
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution  
Collector Underwater Research Group of Victoria
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2017-10-19
Supplied as 19/10/2017

Event

Occurrence date 1972-11-18
Supplied date "1972-11-18T00:00:00\1972-11-18T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Forcipulatida | Stichasteridae
Scientific name Allostichaster polyplax
Supplied scientific name "Allostichaster polyplax (J. Müller & Troschel, 1844)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Stichasteridae
Genus Allostichaster
Species Allostichaster polyplax
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Supplied as (J. Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Chinamans Creek, Corner inlet
Latitude -38.77
Supplied as: "-38.77"
Longitude 146.32
Supplied as: "146.32"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Chinamans Creek, Corner inlet
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park
    Directory of Important Wetlands Corner Inlet
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)