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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z85601

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 1974-08-29
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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 Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z85601
Other catalog numbers ["288-89"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:85601
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Aquinas College
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID Aquinas College Expedition
Occurrence date 1974-08-29
Supplied as year:1974  month:8  day:29 
End day of year 241
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 241

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plesiastrea versipora
Identified to rank species
Common name Small Knob Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Plesiastreidae
Genus Plesiastrea
Species Plesiastrea versipora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -28.3016
Supplied as: "-28.3016"
Longitude 113.5964
Supplied as: "113.5964"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 5
Island North Island
Island group Houtman Abrolhos, Wallabi Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28°18`06"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°35`47"E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 09989ece-03b1-4f1e-aaf9-69dd49cba1d4
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Related records
    Record UUID e7776fba-f662-4dbb-b165-4ba5b7a1889c
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 266b57b1-6592-480b-b49f-fbd938dfcb03
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 143f5593-c695-46fe-ab85-3fa44df1d544
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 8c9bf4b9-d10e-465f-b8c5-fcb6e9742dca
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 35065148-1831-40a2-bd55-6885d699966b
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 6fe44b25-0b06-4298-81d7-88523f88e9f1
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964
    Record UUID 3ad74aca-8f2e-4778-9b7b-8ea6bba422ed
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -28.3016,113.5964

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Geraldton Sandplains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Geraldton Hills
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Geraldton Sandplains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Geraldton Hills
    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 Northampton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Geraldton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF NORTHAMPTON
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 70
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3585
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHAMPTON - MULLEWA - GREENOUGH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MID WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GERALDTON - NORTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Greater Geraldton
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 392.0 frequency
    Species Richness 117.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 391.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 167.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.62715 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 101.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 253.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.799999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.27027 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 290.34464
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.65 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.85 °C