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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9616

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1967-07-30
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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.9616
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1050422","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9616"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9616
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Identified date 1975
Collector Underwater Research Group
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1975

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1028259
Occurrence date 1967-07-30
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 -33.99333
Supplied as: "-33.99333"
Longitude 151.22999
Supplied as: "151.22999"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Botany Bay, Bare Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Botany Bay, Bare Island (33° 59' 36" S, 151° 13' 48" E) 30/07/1967 - 30/07/1967";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 59' 36.000" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 13' 48.000" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/15
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KINGSFORD SMITH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 19.0 m