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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z99724

Preserved specimen of Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758) recorded on 1984-09-18
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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 Z99724
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:99724
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1984-09-18
Supplied as year:1984  month:9  day:18 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Metalia spatagus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Spatangoida
Family Brissidae
Genus Metalia
Species Metalia spatagus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -14.0761
Supplied as: "-14.0761"
Longitude 121.8281
Supplied as: "121.8281"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 21
Island group Scott and Seringapatam Reefs
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14°04`34.13"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121°49`41.07"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Scott Reef
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4998.0 frequency
    Species Richness 319.0 frequency