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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.771

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star
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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 J.771
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1049079","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.771"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.771
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Collection, Old  
Supplied as "Old Collection"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1005004
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)"
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
Accepted name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.25
Supplied as: "-42.25"
Longitude 146.5
Supplied as: "146.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality no further locality data
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, no further locality data (42° 15' 00" S, 146° 30' E)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 15' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 30' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/8
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Highlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Central Highlands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus tall open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1032.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 298.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 185.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 196.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 332.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -0.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 4.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 5.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 8.579166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 649.0 m