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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17619

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1983-05-10
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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.17619
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1114959","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17619"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17619
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector 1.  Hoggett, Anne   2.  Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1983

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1042145
Occurrence date 1983-05-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Supplied scientific name "Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Supplied common name "Eleven-armed Sea Star"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Verrill, 1867

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -32.016
Supplied as: "-32.016"
Longitude 115.5
Supplied as: "115.500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Rottnest Island, off Green Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, Rottnest Island, off Green Island (32° 01' S, 115° 30' E) 10/05/1983 - 10/05/1983";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 1' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 30' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/21
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Rottnest Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HOPKINS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ARARAT RURAL CITY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.329166 °C
    Elevation 197.0 m