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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z49335

Preserved specimen of Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 | Seastar recorded on 2007-10-10
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z49335
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:49335
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% ETOH
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Sampey, A.  
Supplied as "Sampey, A."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Trawl]
Date identified 2007-01-01

Event

Event ID WA Marine Futures Biodiversity Project Survey October 2007
Occurrence date 2007-10-10
Supplied as year:2007  month:10  day:10 
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Fromia polypora
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Ophidiasteridae
Supplied as "Goniasteridae"
Genus Fromia
Species Fromia polypora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship H.L. Clark, 1916
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -34.0276
Supplied as: "-34.0276"
Longitude 123.3145
Supplied as: "123.3145"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Trawl 9
Island Wickham Island
Island group Recherche Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34°01.66`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 123°18.87`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE