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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z18312

Preserved specimen of Protoreaster nodulosus (Perrier, 1875) recorded on 1966-09-01
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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 Z18312
Other catalog numbers ["445-81"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:18312
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hodgkin, E.P.  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredge]
Date identified 1981-01-01

Event

Event ID WAM-USNM Barrow Island, WA Expedition 1966
Occurrence date 1966-09-01
Supplied as year:0 
Sampling protocol Dredge  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Protoreaster nodulosus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Oreasteridae
Genus Protoreaster
Species Protoreaster nodulosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Perrier, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.8833
Supplied as: "-20.8833"
Longitude 115.3667
Supplied as: "115.3667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 8
Island Shark Point
Island group Barrow Island Shoals
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°53`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°22`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Barrow Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Barrow Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (offshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ASHBURTON

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 252.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 63.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 120.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 120.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.225 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1075001
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.475 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.125 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.2