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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24356

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 2006-03-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.24356
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1230967","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24356"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24356
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Springthorpe, Roger Tenison   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Invertebrates, Marine  
Supplied as "Springthorpe, Roger Tenison - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand collected on SCUBA]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1098163
Occurrence date 2006-03-13
Sampling protocol hand collected on SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus Muller & 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 canonicalMatch
Accepted name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Muller & Troschel, 1843

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.62854
Supplied as: "-32.62854"
Longitude 152.3155
Supplied as: "152.3155"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality south west side of Looking Glass Isle, Broughton Island, north east of Port Stephens
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[NSW 2966] Australia, New South Wales, south west side of Looking Glass Isle, Broughton Island, north east of Port Step... (32° 37' 43" S, 152° 18' 56" E) 13/03/2006 - 13/03/2006, Springthorpe, Roger Tenison - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates(Coll";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 37' 42.8" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 18' 55.8" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Manning Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Elevation 4.0 m