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Occurrence record: MO:S21716

Preserved specimen of Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
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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 Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S21716
Other catalog numbers ["1941-82"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:21716
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Wells, F.E.  
Collector East, A.  
Supplied as "East, A."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID Presented 1971
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthopleura spinosa
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora
Order Chitonida
Family Chitonidae
Genus Acanthopleura
Species Acanthopleura spinosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Bruguière, 1792)
Subfamily Acanthopleurinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -21.7833
Supplied as: "-21.7833"
Longitude 114.1667
Supplied as: "114.1667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Egaz
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 21°47`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°10`E

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Occurrence status inferred from individual count Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ningaloo
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ningaloo
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (offshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 244.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 83.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 127.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.3
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.5 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.11
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.28