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Occurrence record: OtherInverts:G5410

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1970-11-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "OtherInverts"
Catalog number G5410
Other catalog numbers ["mb33"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:OtherInverts:G5410
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1970-11-15
Verbatim event date 15 Nov 1970
Date precision DAY

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 New South Wales
Locality Hastings Point
Latitude -28.3652025
Supplied as: "-28.366667"
Longitude 153.584122
Supplied as: "153.583333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 22' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 35' East

Additional properties

object id WO645

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1749.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 276.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 197.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 41.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 582.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 657.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.349998 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.65 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.925
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0