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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F240278

Preserved specimen of Mediaster australiensis H.L. Clark, 1916 | Seastar recorded on 1994-05-12
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Dataset

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 F240278
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F240278
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution  
Identified date 31/05/2016
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria | et al"
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
Field Number SLOPE 121
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, beam]
Dataset / Survey name [SLOPE]
Date identified 2016-05-31
Supplied as 31/05/2016

Event

Dataset / Survey name SLOPE  
Event ID SLOPE 121
Field Number SLOPE 121
Occurrence date 1994-05-12
Supplied date "1994-05-12T12:14:00\1994-05-12T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, beam  
Date precision DAY
Event time 12:14:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae
Scientific name Mediaster australiensis
Supplied scientific name "Mediaster australiensis Clark, 1916"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Mediaster
Species Mediaster australiensis
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship H.L. Clark, 1916
Supplied as Clark, 1916
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Off Portland
Latitude -38.8138
Supplied as: "-38.8138"
Longitude 141.772
Supplied as: "141.772"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Portland
Minimum depth in metres 438
Maximum depth in metres 564.5
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SLOPE 121

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone