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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F120764

Preserved specimen of Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes H.L. Clark, 1938 | Brittle Star recorded on 1994-03-17
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F120764
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F120764
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1995
Collector 1.  Halpern   2.  Glick   3.  Maunsell  
Supplied as "Halpern, Glick & Maunsell"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number PORTHED 10 T2
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [corer]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset / Survey name [PORTHED]
Date identified 1995

Event

Dataset / Survey name PORTHED  
Event ID PORTHED 10 T2
Field Number PORTHED 10 T2
Occurrence date 1994-03-17
Supplied date "1994-03-17T00:00:00\1994-03-17T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol corer  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Ophiuroidea | Myophiuroidea | Ophintegrida | Amphilepidida | Gnathophiurina | Amphiuroidea | Amphiuridae
Scientific name Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes
Supplied scientific name "Amphiura catephes Clark, 1938"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittle Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Supplied as "Amphilepidida"
Family Amphiuridae
Genus Amphiura
Species Amphiura catephes
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship H.L. Clark, 1938
Supplied as Clark, 1938
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Port Hedland Harbour, S side of Stingray Creek
Latitude -20.3343
Supplied as: "-20.3343"
Longitude 118.59
Supplied as: "118.59"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Hedland Harbour, S side of Stingray Creek
Minimum depth in metres 0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID PORTHED 10 T2

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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 006cb9a2-b352-4fe3-bf4c-8b276d667ee7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Amphiura catephes Clark, 1938
    Coordinates -20.3343,118.59
    Related records
    Record UUID 39682688-f9fc-4471-899f-a362fa1d1241
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Amphiura catephes Clark, 1938
    Coordinates -20.3343,118.59
    Record UUID bf54df00-ae4d-4f90-b06f-77758dcb2347
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Amphiura catephes Clark, 1938
    Coordinates -20.3343,118.59

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 315.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 43.1 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 1.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 206.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 207.3 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.369999 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.92 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.09 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.529 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.3260001
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.76 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.69 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23
    Elevation 3.0 m