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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H361

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1967-11-06
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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 H361
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0361
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector E. Aves
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1967-11-06
End day of year 310
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 310

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 Tasmania
Locality Primrose Sands
Latitude -42.8885147
Supplied as: "-42.8899"
Longitude 147.6677342
Supplied as: "147.6667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Sorell
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sorell (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sorell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DODGES FERRY - LEWISHAM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SORELL - DODGES FERRY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SORELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Sorell
    Postal Areas 2021 7173
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Sorell - Dodges Ferry
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6903.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1143.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 583.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 155.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 143.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 161.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 615.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 161.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 134.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.137853 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 157.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 173.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.2625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.608334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.048447 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 309.23016
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.950001 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 28.0 m