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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.5406

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1929-06-03
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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.5406
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1017394","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.5406"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.5406
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Clark, Dr Hubert Lyman - Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University  
Collector Fletcher, H.O.  
Supplied as "Fletcher, H. O."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1018392
Occurrence date 1929-06-03
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix caespitosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman, 1879
Scientific name authorship Lyman, 1879
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Lyman, 1879

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -37.8
Supplied as: "-37.8"
Longitude 149.266
Supplied as: "149.266"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Cape Everard
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Victoria, Off Cape Everard (37° 48' S, 149° 16' E) 03/06/1929 - 03/06/1929";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 48' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 16' E

Additional properties

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dcterms modified 2019/3/12
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Point Hicks
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Point Hicks
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Point Hicks
    NRM Regions 2010 East Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 East Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 East Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8350.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1112.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 951.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 258.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 188.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 189.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 282.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.25 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.025 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.075 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.325 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.175 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.175 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.1 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7525
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0