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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1518

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1979-07-23
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H1518
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1518
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J.R. Penprase
Individual count 1.0
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks on rock platform at about mid-tide level / Sampling from 21/07/1979

Event

Occurrence date 1979-07-23
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 204
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 204

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Original name usage Meridiastra gunnii
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Supplied as (Gray,1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Collaroy: Long Reef
Latitude -33.7406
Supplied as: "-33.7406"
Longitude 151.3156
Supplied as: "151.3156"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
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 2699bd88-7952-43eb-b012-6397c77b6186
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii
    Coordinates -33.7406,151.3156
    Related records
    Record UUID b2ab4f3b-8a54-44e8-b261-143b1dc405a7
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii
    Coordinates -33.7406,151.3156

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Long Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Long Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Long Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Long Reef
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Hawkesbury Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Warringah
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 34723.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4153.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1227.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 274.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 218.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 348.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 405.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1301.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 285.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 234.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 25.804363 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 365.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 148.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 428.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.7999997 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.086704 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 343.00146
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 21.933334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 21.916666 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0