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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z17785

Preserved specimen of Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847 | Vermillion Seastar recorded on 1970-12-05
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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 Z17785
Other catalog numbers ["75-71"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:17785
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2003-01-01

Event

Event ID CSIRO HMAS "Diamantina" Cruise IV 1970
Occurrence date 1970-12-05
Supplied as year:1970  month:12  day:5 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pentagonaster duebeni
Identified to rank species
Common name Vermillion Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Pentagonaster
Species Pentagonaster duebeni
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1847
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -28.5333
Supplied as: "-28.5333"
Longitude 114.0
Supplied as: "114.0000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality DM1/70
Island Rat Island
Island group Houtman Abrolhos, Easter Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 28°32`"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°00`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Abrolhos Islands