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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z17506

Preserved specimen of Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 recorded on 1979-04-12
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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 Z17506
Other catalog numbers ["198-79"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:17506
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Hutchins, J.B.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1979-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1979-04-12
Supplied as year:0 
End day of year 102
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 102

Taxonomy

Scientific name Archaster angulatus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Archasteridae
Genus Archaster
Species Archaster angulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Müller & Troschel, 1842
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -26.1694
Supplied as: "-26.1694"
Longitude 113.1833
Supplied as: "113.1833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26°10`10"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°11`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Yalgoo
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Edel
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Edel
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WOORAMEL RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Gascoyne/Murchison
    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 Shark Bay (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Shark Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 239
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EXMOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GASCOYNE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Shark Bay
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Hummock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present Unknown/no data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1015.0 frequency
    Species Richness 518.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 249.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 158.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 297.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 173.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 99.90784 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 82.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 190.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.591667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.901096 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 333.47235
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 25.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.783333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.16
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.47
    Elevation 12.0 m