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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14662

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1981-06-09
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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.14662
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1039073","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14662"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14662
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by V. Harriott & L. Vail  
Identified date 1981
Collector 1.  Harriott, V.   2.  Vail, L.  
Supplied as "V. Harriott & L. Vail"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1981

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1045845
Occurrence date 1981-06-09
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 -37.083
Supplied as: "-37.083"
Longitude 149.916
Supplied as: "149.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Eden
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[E-2] Australia, New South Wales, Eden (37° 05' S, 149° 55' E) 09/06/1981 - 09/06/1981";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 5' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 55' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID c79c9a76-a105-4269-90a1-76d8920be1ed
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -37.083,149.916
    Related records
    Record UUID e8ad1ff8-442d-4215-aa23-fcc5ec203537
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -37.083,149.916

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 0.0 m