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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F263143

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1968-12-01
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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 F263143
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F263143
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|dry
Identified by R A. Pollock  
Identified date /02/1971
Collector Smith, B.J.  
Supplied as "B J. Smith"
Individual count 5
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 /02/1971

Event

Occurrence date 1968-12-01
Supplied date "1968-12-01T00:00:00\1968-12-01T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Asterinidae
Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Patiriella 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
Supplied as "Patiriella"
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Morrowah rock platform W coast of Tasmania
Verbatim locality Morrowah rock platform W coast of Tasmania
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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