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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32217

Preserved specimen of Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825) | Burrowing Sea Urchin recorded on 1979-04-20
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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.32217
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10492285,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32217"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Lowe, G  
Collector Roche Research Institute
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Hand Collected
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand Collected]
Date identified 1979-04
Identification remarks Grey, purplish, pink or green spines, red oral region. 10-15cm dia.

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10078620
Identification remarks Grey, purplish, pink or green spines, red oral region. 10-15cm dia.
Occurrence date 1979-04-20
Supplied date "1979-04-20/1979-04-20"
Sampling protocol Hand Collected  
End day of year 110
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 110

Taxonomy

Scientific name Echinometra mathaei
Supplied scientific name "Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Burrowing Sea Urchin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Camarodonta
Family Echinometridae
Genus Echinometra
Species Echinometra mathaei
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Echinometra mathaei (Blainville, 1825)
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1825)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Blainville, 1825)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -24.65
Supplied as: "-24.65"
Longitude 113.4
Supplied as: "113.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Quobba Rock Platform, nth of Carnarvon, WA
Location remarks [FN 3500] Australia, Western Australia, Quobba Rock Platform, nth of Carnarvon, WA (24° 39' S, 113° 24' E) 20/04/1979 - 20/04/1979, Hand Collected
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 24° 39' " S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113° 24' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Zuytdorp
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Western Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Zuytdorp
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CARNARVON

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 242.0 frequency
    Species Richness 13.0 frequency