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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.56839

Preserved specimen of Nereis Linnaeus, 1758
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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 W.56839
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10542350,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.56839"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Glasby, Dr Christopher J. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Hand Collected
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand Collected]
Date identified 2026

Event

Sampling protocol Hand Collected  
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nereis
Supplied scientific name "Nereis sp."
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Phyllodocida
Family Nereididae
Genus Nereis
Species Nereis sp.
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Nereis sp.
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.5075
Supplied as: "-33.5075"
Longitude 151.34584
Supplied as: "151.34584"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks [Site 3] Australia, New South Wales, Brisbane Water, southern shoreline under Rip Bridge (33° 30' 27" S, 151° 20' 45" E) 07/09/2025 - 07/09/2025, Takeuchi, Professor Ichiro - Ehime University - Department of Conservation Ecology Agriculture School(Collectors), Keable, Dr Stephen John - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates(Collectors), Keable, Mrs Debra Jean(Collectors), Hand Collected, Field Collected - Aquatic
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 30' 27" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 20' 45" E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Brisbane Water Estuary
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Pittwater
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pittwater
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Gosford
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Gosford - West
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Robertson
    Electorates March 2025 Robertson
    Local Government Areas 2011 Gosford (C)
    Local Government Areas 2023 Central Coast (NSW)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 25
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 4743
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WOY WOY - BLACKWALL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOSFORD
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL COAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROBERTSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GOSFORD
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GOSFORD - WEST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Gosford
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Woy Woy - Blackwall
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Sydney
    Postal Areas 2021 2256
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10201104214
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Woy Woy - Blackwall
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Gosford
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Central Coast
    Tourism Regions 2021 Central Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    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

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 41894.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3806.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1276.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 257.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 390.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 436.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 84.0 m