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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z58081

Preserved specimen of Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836 recorded on 1985-08-30
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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 Z58081
Other catalog numbers ["1107-85"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:58081
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Marshall, J.  
Collector 1.  Walker   2.  , D.   3.  Bastyan   4.  , G.  
Supplied as "Walker, D. & Bastyan, G."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID MV Cape Don 1985
Occurrence date 1985-08-30
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Comaster
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Comatulidae
Supplied as "Comasteridae"
Genus Comaster
Supplied as "Comanthina"
Species Comanthina variabilis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship L. Agassiz, 1836
Supplied as (Bell, 1882)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -18.7
Supplied as: "-18.7000"
Longitude 121.6167
Supplied as: "121.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 13
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18°42`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121°37`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    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 Canning
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 583.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 445.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 455.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.150002 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.575