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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F73267

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1982-02-20
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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 F73267
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F73267
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Identified date 1982
Collector 1.  Museum Victoria   2.  Forsyth, Peter   3.  Floyd, J.  
Supplied as "Dr Robin S. Wilson - Museum Victoria | Peter Forsyth | J Floyd"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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 WPNPA 48
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA and rotenone]
Dataset / Survey name [WPNPA - Wilsons Promontory National Parks Association Survey]
Date identified 1982

Event

Dataset / Survey name WPNPA - Wilsons Promontory National Parks Association Survey  
Event ID WPNPA 48
Field Number WPNPA 48
Occurrence date 1982-02-20
Supplied date "1982-02-20T00:00:00\1982-02-20T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA and rotenone  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & 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 exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Wilsons Promontory, Leonard Bay, cove on southern shore of Leonard Point
Latitude -39.025
Supplied as: "-39.025"
Longitude 146.292
Supplied as: "146.292"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wilsons Promontory, Leonard Bay, cove on southern shore of Leonard Point
Minimum depth in metres 8
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Wilsons Promontory Marine Park
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Wilsons Promontory Marine Park
    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) 983.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 340.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 154.83333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 156.66667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.833334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 341.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.35 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.233334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.15 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.833333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.716666 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.666666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.43166667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.9633333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.466667 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.783333 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.591666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.78
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 117.0 m