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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11855

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1978-01
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Dataset

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.11855
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1037241","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11855"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11855
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Marshall, J.  
Supplied as "Marshall, J."
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1037179
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1978, Month: 1, Day:
Supplied date "1978-01"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Muller & Troschel, 1843

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -39.083
Supplied as: "-39.083"
Longitude 146.45
Supplied as: "146.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Waterloo Bay, Wilson's Promontory
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Victoria, Waterloo Bay, Wilson's Promontory (39° 05' S, 146° 27' E) /01/1978 - /01/1978";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 39° 5' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 27' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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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 09e7df65-e975-45b6-9e61-fbae8cc7226f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -39.083,146.45
    Related records
    Record UUID 3af74480-ddcb-4b16-84cf-0528a1f7ce04
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -39.083,146.45

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Wilsons Promontory
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Wilsons Promontory
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1076.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 376.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 169.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 171.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 379.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.15 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.95 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.55 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.35 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.55 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.405 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.935
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.35 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.25 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.450001 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0