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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.29665

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.29665
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2635636,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.29665"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias calamaria
Supplied scientific name "Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias calamaria
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1840)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.066666
Supplied as: "-35.066666"
Longitude 117.933334
Supplied as: "117.933334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks [WA 113] Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound, Vancouver Peninsula, near Mistaken Island (35° 04' S, 117° 56' E) 13/12/1983 - 13/12/1983, Australian Museum Crustacea Department Western Australia Expedition 1983-84
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 04' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117° 56' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
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    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Warren
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Warren
    IBRA 7 Regions Warren
    IBRA 7 Subregions Warren
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Albany
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wagyl Kaip & Southern Noongar Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Albany - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South-Western WA
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    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
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 O'Connor
    Electorates March 2025 O'connor
    Local Government Areas 2011 Albany (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Albany
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    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1213
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LITTLE GROVE - ELLEKER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WHEAT BELT
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    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Albany (South West)
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    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Little Grove - Elleker
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6330
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    Statistical Areas Level 2 Little Grove - Elleker
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Albany
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Wheat Belt
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's South West
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 32946.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3939.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 901.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 385.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 399.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.95 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.950001 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.3500004 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.95 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.845
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.05 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.15 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 5.0 m