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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9912

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.9912
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1050649","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9912"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9912
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Smith, B.J.   2.  National Museum, Victoria  
Supplied as "Smith, B. J. - National Museum, Victoria"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1001735
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -38.033
Supplied as: "-38.033"
Longitude 148.583
Supplied as: "148.583"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Douglas Point, west of Point Macdonnell
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Douglas Point, west of Point Macdonnell (38° 02' S, 148° 35' E), Smith, B. J. - National Museum, Victoria(presenter), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 38° 2' S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 35' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/15
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone