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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F240342

Preserved specimen of Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 | Seastar recorded on 1984-06-25
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Dataset

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 F240342
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F240342
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution  
Identified date 18/05/2016
Collector CSIRO Marine Research
Sex Unknown
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
Field Number S03/84 74
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, demersal beam (church)]
Dataset / Survey name [S03/84]
Date identified 2016-05-18
Supplied as 18/05/2016

Event

Dataset / Survey name S03/84  
Event ID S03/84 74
Field Number S03/84 74
Occurrence date 1984-06-25
Supplied date "1984-06-25T08:59:00\1984-06-25T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, demersal beam (church)  
Date precision DAY
Event time 08:59:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae
Scientific name Fromia polypora
Supplied scientific name "Fromia polypora Clark, 1916"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Ophidiasteridae
Supplied as "Goniasteridae"
Genus Fromia
Species Fromia polypora
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship H.L. Clark, 1916
Supplied as Clark, 1916
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Off Maria Island
Latitude -42.68
Supplied as: "-42.68"
Longitude 148.42
Supplied as: "148.42"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Maria Island
Minimum depth in metres 320
Maximum depth in metres 540
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID S03/84 74

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province