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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3443

Preserved specimen of Fromia Gray, 1840 recorded on 1989-01-28
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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 K3443
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:432778"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Gowlett-Holmes, K L  
Collector Gowlett-Holmes, K. L  
Supplied as "Gowlett-Holmes, K L"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1989-01-28

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33455
Occurrence date 1989-01-28
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Fromia
Supplied scientific name "Austrofromia polypora"
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Ophidiasteridae
Genus Fromia
Supplied as "Austrofromia"
Species Austrofromia polypora
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.56
Supplied as: "-35.56"
Longitude 137.55
Supplied as: "137.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Kangaroo Island, off Cape D'Estaing
Minimum depth in metres 18
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 34 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 33 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)