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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z31317

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 2005-04-28
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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 Z31317
Other catalog numbers ["A253"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:31317
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Clapin, G.  
Supplied as "Clapin, G.; Babcock, R. & Sampey, A."
Individual count 1
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 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [0.25m2 weed washing, SCUBA]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2005-01-01

Event

Event ID SRFME-WAM Central West Coast Biodiversity Survey I May 2005
Occurrence date 2005-04-28
Sampling protocol 0.25m2 weed washing, SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -30.2976
Supplied as: "-30.2976"
Longitude 115.0195
Supplied as: "115.0195"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality JWAM05a/Q4
Island Booka Valley Rocks
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30°17.86`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°01.17`E

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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 78762a98-943a-49e4-a5bf-883a99ff4555
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.2976,115.0195
    Related records
    Record UUID f9e480d1-71b0-41fe-a9c3-43dc8f190b64
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.2976,115.0195
    Record UUID f12d3ec5-5807-4c4c-a68f-68149e631b4b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.2975,115.0195

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Direction Bank
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Jurien Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Jurien Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA