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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z9314

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1966-05-25
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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 Z9314
Other catalog numbers ["523-75"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:9314
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hodgkin, E.P.  
Collector Hodgkin, E.P.  
Supplied as "Hodgkin, E.P."
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1966-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1966-05-25
Supplied as year:1966  month:5  day:25 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -30.05
Supplied as: "-30.0500"
Longitude 153.1833
Supplied as: "153.1833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to AUTOGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30°03`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153°11`E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 120d832a-abc1-42e6-9a80-d36c5741bee9
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.05,153.1833
    Related records
    Record UUID 2962b166-4351-4dce-bf6f-349483105059
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.05,153.1833
    Record UUID fe21faa0-1e8f-4027-aaf1-dfcdef6f0509
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.05,153.1833
    Record UUID 7dea385f-dc21-4b64-b24d-2dfc9bcb3bce
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.05,153.1833
    Record UUID 6ef3053b-dc70-4024-bda4-6d31a5537fb2
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -30.05,153.1833

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Jaliigirr GER Jaliigirr
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yuraygir
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BELLINGER RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Coffs Harbour (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Coffs Harbour - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COFFS HARBOUR CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 102
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 5553
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WOOLGOOLGA - ARRAWARRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR - GRAFTON
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PAGE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR - NAMBUCCA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COFFS HARBOUR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COFFS HARBOUR
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1438.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 204.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 155.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 480.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 551.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.958334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m