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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3878

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3878
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:433172"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Hamilton-Bruce, R J  
Collector 1.  Zeidler   2.  Gowlett-Holmes, W.   3.  Mchenry, K.L.   4.  J, B.  
Supplied as "Zeidler, W Gowlett-Holmes, K L McHenry, B J"
Individual count 10
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1993-06-17

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33838
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Patiriella calcar"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Supplied as "Patiriella"
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -31.952
Supplied as: "-31.952"
Longitude 132.689
Supplied as: "132.689"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Great Aust Bight, Clare Bay
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31 57 07 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132 41 20 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Murat
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 291.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 120.4 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 31.2 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 49.6 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 35.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 121.2 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.42 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.220001 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.38 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.76 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.46 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.04 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.158
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.48 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.86 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.18
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.41799998
    Elevation 18.0 m