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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z17524

Preserved specimen of Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 recorded on 1961-08-28
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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 Z17524
Other catalog numbers ["514-81"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:17524
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Wilson, B.R. & Kendrick, G.W.
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1981-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1961-08-28
Supplied as year:0 
End day of year 240
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 240

Taxonomy

Scientific name Archaster angulatus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Archasteridae
Genus Archaster
Species Archaster angulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Müller & Troschel, 1842
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.4833
Supplied as: "-20.4833"
Longitude 116.5833
Supplied as: "116.5833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Rosemary Island, Gibley Island
Island group Dampier Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°29`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°35`00"E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 42c57514-882a-4fcd-996c-e35fe45f0529
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.4833,116.5833
    Related records
    Record UUID 4a8ee61b-7364-4458-8052-5c14ef5098d6
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.4833,116.5833

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Unnamed WA36915
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Unnamed WA36915
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Unnamed WA36915
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Pilbara
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Roebourne
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Subregions Roebourne
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORT HEDLAND COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Islands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roebourne (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 367
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1197
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE - WICKHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DAMPIER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Karratha
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Hummock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3669.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1188.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 245.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 137.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.23
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15
    Elevation 20.0 m