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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F45116

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar
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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 F45116
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F45116
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Identified date /04/2007
Collector Officer, G.C.  
Supplied as "G C. Officer"
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
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified /04/2007

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1901, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1901 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Asterinidae
Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Supplied common name "Six-armed Cushion Star"
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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography South Sea Islands
Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "South Sea Islands"
Locality Aola, Guadalcanal
Verbatim locality Aola, Guadalcanal
Terrestrial false
Marine false
Country Code ZZ

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