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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F73942

Preserved specimen of Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875) | Seastar recorded on 1972-08-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F73942
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F73942
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Collector Coleman, Neville  
Supplied as "Neville Coleman"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1972-08-02
Supplied date "1972-08-02T00:00:00\1972-08-02T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Oreasteridae
Scientific name Protoreaster nodulosus
Supplied scientific name "Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Oreasteridae
Genus Protoreaster
Species Protoreaster nodulosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Perrier, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Point Cloates
Latitude -22.72
Supplied as: "-22.72"
Longitude 113.67
Supplied as: "113.67"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Point Cloates
Minimum depth in metres 2.4
Maximum depth in metres 2.4
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 Central Western Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ningaloo
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 236.66667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 124.333336 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.43
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.1 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.11
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3