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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23725

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1988-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.23725
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1134495","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23725"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23725
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by O'Loughlin, Mr P. Mark - Museum Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Laboratory  
Identified date 2002
Collector Hutchings, P.A.  
Supplied as "P.A. Hutchings et al."
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [diver-held corer]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2002
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1068649
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1988, Month: 1, Day:
Supplied date "1988-01"
Sampling protocol diver-held corer  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)"
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
Accepted name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1840)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.033
Supplied as: "-35.033"
Longitude 117.916
Supplied as: "117.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Princess Royal Harbour, Bramble Point
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[Site 2] Australia, Western Australia, Princess Royal Harbour, Bramble Point (35° 02' S, 117° 55' E) /01/1988 - /01/1988, diver-held corer";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 2' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117° 55' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/11/19
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/11/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 04092c6e-dd11-4694-bbf9-c4c1aa9ebb57
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
    Coordinates -35.033,117.916
    Related records
    Record UUID 3b362979-253b-4508-b0e4-b3738d4f7b32
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
    Coordinates -35.033,117.916

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Jarrah Forest
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Albany (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Albany
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1213
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WHEAT BELT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALBANY - CENTRAL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 876.1667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 374.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.166664 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 85.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 382.16666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.066668 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.5
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.366667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.85 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.383333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.75 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5833335 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.833332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5283333 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.87166667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.183334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.066668 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.145833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6533333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0