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Occurrence record: MO:S117197

Preserved specimen of Pinctada Röding, 1798 | Pearl Oysters
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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 Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S117197
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:117197
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Kirkendale, L.  
Collector Hara, A. & O`Hara, T.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Sherman Epiben Sled]
Date identified 2023-01-01

Event

Event ID MV RV Investigator Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2022
Occurrence date Year: 2022, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2022 
Sampling protocol Sherman Epiben Sled  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pinctada
Identified to rank genus
Common name Pearl Oysters
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Ostreida
Supplied as "Pterioida"
Family Pteriidae
Genus Pinctada
Species Pinctada sp.
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Röding, 1798
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -13.1683
Supplied as: "-13.1683"
Longitude 96.1713
Supplied as: "96.1713"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality IN2022V08/172-148
Min elevation -176
Max elevation -169
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 13°10`6"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 96°10`17"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Marine
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 0.0 frequency
    Species Richness 0.0 frequency