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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z9328

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1959-01-13
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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 Z9328
Other catalog numbers ["493-75"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:9328
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Wilson, B.R.  
Supplied as "Wilson, B.R."
Individual count 4
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
Date identified 1975-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1959-01-13
Supplied as year:1959  month:1  day:13 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
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 -34.4333
Supplied as: "-34.4333"
Longitude 118.9167
Supplied as: "118.9167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to AUTOGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34°26`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 118°55`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 1a6efde0-24e2-4c72-87b6-0bcc5394b580
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -34.4333,118.9167
    Related records
    Record UUID 80d58218-2817-41d5-871c-edf9eda30168
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -34.4333,118.9167
    Record UUID 1daacb19-1969-4bbb-866c-ae1172ee61de
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -34.4333,118.9167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fitzgerald
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    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 Jerramungup (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Jerramungup
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF JERRAMUNGUP
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 5
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 392
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GNOWANGERUP
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBANY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WHEAT BELT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KOJONUP - GNOWANGERUP
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GNOWANGERUP
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 530.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 187.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 75.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 78.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 191.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.966667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.45
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85
    Elevation 58.0 m