Occurrence record: MEL 2579489A

Preserved specimen of Galaxaura divaricata (L.) Huisman & R.A.Towns. recorded on 2001-03-12

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Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code	Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection	National Herbarium of Victoria Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number	MEL 2579489A
Occurrence ID	118622e8-01e7-4dae-b40e-72ca3788d72a
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Identified by	Kraft, G.T.
Collector	O'Brien, C.E. \| Saunders, G.W. \| Kraft, G.T.
Record number	LHI-11345
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Field notes	[cruciate tetrasporangium symbol].
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Previous identifications	Galaxaura cohaerens Kjellm., Kraft G.T.
Occurrence remarks	The Marine Algae of Lord Howe Island.
Date identified	2001-03-14
Identification remarks	Galaxauraceae.
Identification ID	dc1f46bb-ac65-47c9-a4cd-b501a5913cc5

Event

Event ID	d729f7b9-5230-4176-8038-3ceb7fd012dd
Identification remarks	Galaxauraceae.
Occurrence date	2001-03-12 Supplied as year:2001 month:3 day:12
End day of year	71
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	71

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Biliphyta \| Rhodophyta \| Eurhodophytina \| Florideophyceae \| Nemaliophycidae \| Nemaliales \| Galaxauraceae \| Galaxaura
Scientific name	Galaxaura divaricata
Identified to rank	species
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Rhodophyta
Class	Florideophyceae
Order	Nemaliales
Family	Galaxauraceae
Genus	Galaxaura
Species	Galaxaura divaricata
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(L.) Huisman & R.A.Towns.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales Supplied as: "Lord Howe Island"
Locality	Northwest corner of Roach Island, Admiralty Group.
Habitat	Supplied as "Thalli on low bommies at the base of the vertical wall at the northwestern end of Roach Island."
Latitude	-31.497222 Supplied as: "-31.4972222222"
Longitude	159.065 Supplied as: "159.0650000000"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality	Northwest corner of Roach Island, Admiralty Group.
Minimum depth in metres	18.0
Maximum depth in metres	23.0
Field notes	[cruciate tetrasporangium symbol].
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	1000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	31° 29' 50" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	159° 03' 54" E
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	49f4be44-6b3d-4b86-bb70-48c01c52d9d5

Additional properties

material entity id	118622e8-01e7-4dae-b40e-72ca3788d72a

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Coordinate rounded	Warning
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Warning
Show/Hide 98 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Min and max depth reversed	Passed
Depth value non-numeric	Passed
Depth value supplied in feet	Passed
Depth unlikely	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 5 missing properties
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 18 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
Australian Coral Ecoregions	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2016 Marine	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2018 Marine	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2020 Marine	Lord Howe Island
CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Lord Howe Island
IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia)	Lord Howe Province
NRM Regions 2010	Eyre Peninsula
NRM Regions 2017	Eyre Peninsula
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Eyre Peninsula
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Eyre Peninsula
Biodiversity
IMCRA 4 Regions	Lord Howe Province
Indigenous
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Greater South Australia
States including coastal waters	New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	15808.0 frequency
Species Richness	1914.0 frequency

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: MEL 2579489A

Dataset

Event

Taxonomy

Geospatial

Additional properties

User flagged issues

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Additional political boundaries information

Environmental sampling for this location

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Classification	Scientific name	Galaxaura divaricata	Galaxaura divaricata
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205090
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20206252
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/algae/20009211
	Order	Nemaliales	Nemaliales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/algae/20009211
	Genus	Galaxaura	Galaxaura
	Left		449743
	Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Biliphyta \| Rhodophyta \| Eurhodophytina \| Florideophyceae \| Nemaliophycidae \| Nemaliales \| Galaxauraceae \| Galaxaura
	Scientific name authorship	(L.) Huisman & R.A.Towns.	(L.) Huisman & R.A.Towns.
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20210220
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205522
	Right		449743
	Kingdom	Plantae	Plantae
	Specific epithet	divaricata
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205175
	Phylum		Rhodophyta
	Class	Florideophyceae	Florideophyceae
	Species		Galaxaura divaricata
	Family	Galaxauraceae	Galaxauraceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Event ID	d729f7b9-5230-4176-8038-3ceb7fd012dd
	Year	2001	2001
	End day of year		71
	Month	3	3
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year	71	71
	Day	12	12
	Event date	2001-03-12	2001-03-12
Identification	Date identified	2001-03-14	2001-03-14
	Identification remarks	Galaxauraceae.
	Identified by	[Kraft, G.T.]
	Identification ID	dc1f46bb-ac65-47c9-a4cd-b501a5913cc5
Occurrence	Rights holder		Royal Botanic Gardens Board
	Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	MEL 2579489A
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Field notes	[cruciate tetrasporangium symbol].
	Modified	2025-12-30 13:31:19	2025-12-30T13:31:19
	Record number	LHI-11345
	Collection code	MEL
	Occurrence ID	118622e8-01e7-4dae-b40e-72ca3788d72a
	Collection ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
	Preparations	Sheet
	Institution code	MEL
	Recorded by	O'Brien, C.E. \| Saunders, G.W. \| Kraft, G.T.
	Previous identifications	Galaxaura cohaerens Kjellm., Kraft G.T.
	Occurrence remarks	The Marine Algae of Lord Howe Island.
Attribution	Data resource		National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
	Collection		National Herbarium of Victoria
	License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr376	dr376
	Institution ID		in21
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh2, dh9]
	Collection ID		co55
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	Thalli on low bommies at the base of the vertical wall at the northwestern end of Roach Island.
	Decimal latitude	-31.4972222222	-31.497222
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Maximum depth in meters	23.0	23.0
	Locality	Northwest corner of Roach Island, Admiralty Group.	Northwest corner of Roach Island, Admiralty Group.
	Decimal longitude	159.0650000000	159.065
	State province	Lord Howe Island	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Northwest corner of Roach Island, Admiralty Group.
	Verbatim latitude	31° 29' 50" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	1000.0	1000.0
	Marine	false	false
	Minimum depth in meters	18.0	18.0
	Country code	AU	AU
	Verbatim longitude	159° 03' 54" E
	Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
	Geodetic datum	epsg:4326	EPSG:4326
	Location ID	49f4be44-6b3d-4b86-bb70-48c01c52d9d5