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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F73263

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1971-11-27
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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 F73263
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F73263
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Dry
Identified by Frank W. Rowe  
Collector Sir Robert Blackwood
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 1971-11-27
Supplied date "1971-11-27T00:00:00\1971-11-27T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Inverloch. Eagle Rock.
Supplied as: "Inverloch. Eagle Rock."
Latitude -38.8
Supplied as: "-38.8"
Longitude 143.45
Supplied as: "143.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Inverloch. Eagle Rock.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Great Otway National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Great Otway
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Colac-Otway - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COLAC OTWAY SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1080.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 379.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 170.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 171.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 379.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.95
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 87.0 m