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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:15:131

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1976-03-10
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:15:131
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Collector Green, Rh  
Supplied as "Green, RH"
Individual count 5+
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 4 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1976-03-10
Supplied as year:1976.0  month:03  day:10.0 
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)
Supplied as Lamarck, 1816
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Greens Beach
Latitude -41.08332
Supplied as: "-41.08332"
Longitude 146.75
Supplied as: "146.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 23d54aa5-c1b1-437c-90f1-47b928a5ec0e
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Patiriella calcar
    Coordinates -41.08332,146.75
    Related records
    Record UUID dac40dd7-8616-4fed-9dc3-e06e5d152054
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Patiriella calcar
    Coordinates -41.08332,146.75
    Record UUID 30c10223-8b73-4711-83bf-1e5f02d06f80
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Patiriella calcar
    Coordinates -41.08332,146.75
    Record UUID ae596709-30e7-46a8-9565-2509deef966c
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Patiriella calcar
    Coordinates -41.08332,146.75
    Record UUID cfa4592a-72ab-4958-8e4a-6d066b4ce9af
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Patiriella calcar
    Coordinates -41.08332,146.75

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Greens Beach
    NRM Regions 2010 North Central
    NRM Regions 2017 North Central
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Central
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 630.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 215.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 215.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.63
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 7.7 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.64
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0