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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.12702

Preserved specimen of Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816) | Velvet Seastar recorded on 1972-04-03
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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.12702
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1037819","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.12702"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.12702
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Coleman, Neville   2.  Australian Marine Photographic Index  
Supplied as "Coleman, Mr Neville - Australian Marine Photographic Index"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1031806
Occurrence date 1972-04-03
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Petricia vernicina
Supplied scientific name "Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Velvet Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asteropseidae
Genus Petricia
Species Petricia vernicina
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.133
Supplied as: "-35.133"
Longitude 117.633
Supplied as: "117.633"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Torbay Head, Denmark
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, Torbay Head, Denmark (35° 08' S, 117° 38' E) 03/04/1972 - 03/04/1972";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 8' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117° 38' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/3/19
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 995.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 427.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 447.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.55 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.45 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.650002 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.65 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0