Occurrence record: MEL 2580361A

Preserved specimen of Rhodomelaceae Horan.

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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 2580361A
Occurrence ID	cb4ef881-852a-42f2-81da-8b26b1606f8d
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Packet
Identified by	National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
Record number	s.n.
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	c fruit capsul & stichidiæ.
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Previous identifications	Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr ex J.Agardh, Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr
Occurrence remarks	60 [written in pencil on packet].
Date identified	2026-02-18
Identification remarks	fide: AlgaeBase, accessed 18 Feb 2026.
Identification ID	7903ae72-0395-430a-8243-6c1d55201558

Event

Event ID	6fbd22f9-2783-41be-b2dd-023a20af7c35
Identification remarks	fide: AlgaeBase, accessed 18 Feb 2026.
Date precision	NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Biliphyta \| Rhodophyta \| Eurhodophytina \| Florideophyceae \| Rhodymeniophycidae \| Ceramiales \| Rhodomelaceae \| Melanothamnus
Scientific name	Rhodomelaceae Supplied scientific name "Melanothamnus ferulaceus"
Identified to rank	family Supplied as "species"
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Rhodophyta
Class	Florideophyceae
Order	Ceramiales
Family	Rhodomelaceae
Genus	Melanothamnus
Species	Melanothamnus ferulaceus
Name match metric	higherMatch
Scientific name authorship	Horan. Supplied as (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Virgin Islands (U.S.) Supplied as "U.S. Virgin Islands"
Locality	St Thomas [=Saint Thomas].
Latitude	18.338889 Supplied as: "18.3388888889"
Longitude	-64.927778 Supplied as: "-64.9277777778"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality	St Thomas [=Saint Thomas].
Field notes	c fruit capsul & stichidiæ.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	25000.0
Georeference protocol	Google Earth
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	18° 20' 20" N
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	South America
Marine	false
Country Code	VI
Verbatim longitude	64° 55' 40" W
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	a63f51d7-2bff-4bf6-ab4e-5190987cd373

Additional properties

material entity id	cb4ef881-852a-42f2-81da-8b26b1606f8d

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Continent country mismatch	Warning
Coordinate rounded	Warning
Taxon match higher rank	Warning
Show/Hide 85 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	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
Different owner institution	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	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 geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeference protocol	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
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	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_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 collection date	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 30 tests that have not been run
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the month	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
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)
Recorded date mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date unlikely	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)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	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)

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: MEL 2580361A

Dataset

Event

Taxonomy

Geospatial

Additional properties

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Classification	Scientific name	Melanothamnus ferulaceus	Rhodomelaceae
	Match type		higherMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205090
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20206429
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20206429
	Order	Ceramiales	Ceramiales
	Taxon rank id		5000
	Taxon identification issue	[MISSING_COLLECTION_DATE]
	Genus	Melanothamnus
	Left		452411
	Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Biliphyta \| Rhodophyta \| Eurhodophytina \| Florideophyceae \| Rhodymeniophycidae \| Ceramiales \| Rhodomelaceae \| Melanothamnus
	Scientific name authorship	(Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs	Horan.
	Taxon rank	species	family
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205439
	Right		454193
	Kingdom	Plantae	Plantae
	Specific epithet	ferulaceus
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/aani/20205175
	Phylum		Rhodophyta
	Class	Florideophyceae	Florideophyceae
	Family	Rhodomelaceae	Rhodomelaceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Event ID	6fbd22f9-2783-41be-b2dd-023a20af7c35
Event	Date precision		NOT_SUPPLIED
Identification	Date identified	2026-02-18	2026-02-18
	Identification remarks	fide: AlgaeBase, accessed 18 Feb 2026.
	Identified by	[National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)]
	Identification ID	7903ae72-0395-430a-8243-6c1d55201558
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 2580361A
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Field notes	c fruit capsul & stichidiæ.
	Modified	2026-02-18 14:42:56	2026-02-18T14:42:56
	Record number	s.n.
	Collection code	MEL
	Occurrence ID	cb4ef881-852a-42f2-81da-8b26b1606f8d
	Collection ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
	Preparations	Packet
	Institution code	MEL
	Previous identifications	Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr ex J.Agardh, Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr
	Occurrence remarks	60 [written in pencil on packet].
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	U.S. Virgin Islands	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
	Decimal latitude	18.3388888889	18.338889
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	St Thomas [=Saint Thomas].	St Thomas [=Saint Thomas].
	Decimal longitude	-64.9277777778	-64.927778
	Verbatim locality	St Thomas [=Saint Thomas].
	Verbatim latitude	18° 20' 20" N
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	South America
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	25000.0	25000.0
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	VI	VI
	Verbatim longitude	64° 55' 40" W
	Georeference protocol	Google Earth
	Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
	Geodetic datum	epsg:4326	EPSG:4326
	Location ID	a63f51d7-2bff-4bf6-ab4e-5190987cd373