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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z85604

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 1979-02-17
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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 Z85604
Other catalog numbers ["451-79"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:85604
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.;Veron, J.E.N.  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M. & Wilson, B.R.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1979-02-17
Supplied as year:1979  month:2  day:17 
End day of year 48
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 48

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plesiastrea versipora
Identified to rank species
Common name Small Knob Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Plesiastreidae
Genus Plesiastrea
Species Plesiastrea versipora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -33.6249
Supplied as: "-33.6249"
Longitude 115.3196
Supplied as: "115.3196"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°37`29.7"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°19`10.6"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ngari Capes
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Ngari Capes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ngari Capes
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 12129.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2110.0 frequency