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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K6062

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 2002-04-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K6062
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:709443"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Sorokin, Shirley J - South Australian Museum  
Collector Sardi  
Supplied as "SARDI"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Benthic Sled]
Dataset / Survey name [SARDI GAB Benthic Protection Zone (BPZ) Survey 2002]
Date identified 2003

Event

Dataset / Survey name SARDI GAB Benthic Protection Zone (BPZ) Survey 2002  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:153864
Occurrence date 2002-04-20
Sampling protocol Benthic Sled  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -31.76
Supplied as: "-31.7600"
Longitude 130.683
Supplied as: "130.6830"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Great Australian Bight shelf, Benthic Protection Zone Marine Park
Minimum depth in metres 53
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 31 45 36 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130 40 59 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Australian Bight
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Australian Bight
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eucla
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Great Australian Bight Marine Park