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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z25090

Preserved specimen of Ophiacantha alternata A.M. Clark, 1966 recorded on 2006-03-15
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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 Z25090
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:25090
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector 1.  Fromont, J.   2.  Whisson, C.S.   3.  Moore, G.I.  
Supplied as "Fromont,J.;Whisson,C.S.;Moore,G.I."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Date identified 2006-01-01

Event

Event ID SRFME-WAM Central West Coast Biodiversity Survey II Mar 2006
Occurrence date 2006-03-15
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiacantha alternata
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiacanthidae
Genus Ophiacantha
Species Ophiacantha alternata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship A.M. Clark, 1966
Supplied as Clark, A.M., 1966
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -29.3141
Supplied as: "-29.3141"
Longitude 114.9012
Supplied as: "114.9012"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality JWAM31/T2
Island Jack Reef
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29°18.85`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°54.07`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Direction Bank
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF IRWIN