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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K1462

Preserved specimen of Pteraster affinis Smith, 1876
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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 K1462
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:588059"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Identified by A.M. Clark  
Collector British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition  
Supplied as "B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. - British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [DRS]
Date identified 1959

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:39190
Sampling protocol DRS  
Verbatim event date 13/02/1930
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pteraster affinis
Supplied scientific name "Pteraster affinis affinis"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Velatida
Supplied as "Valvatida"
Family Pterasteridae
Supplied as "Ptasteridae"
Genus Pteraster
Species Pteraster affinis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Smith, 1876
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country French Southern Territories
Latitude -49.6125
Supplied as: "-49.6125"
Longitude 70.125
Supplied as: "70.1250"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bras Bolinder, Kerguelen, near head of Greenland Harbour.
Minimum depth in metres 20
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 49 36 45 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code TF
Verbatim longitude 070 07 30 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries French Southern Territories

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 4.179167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %