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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11265

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa Lyman, 1879 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1972-03-15
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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.11265
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1036836","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11265"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11265
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Oldfield, S.C.  
Identified date 1978
Collector 1.  Hutchings, Patricia Ann   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Invertebrates, Marine  
Supplied as "Hutchings, Dr Patricia Ann - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1978

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1031731
Occurrence date 1972-03-15
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 New South Wales
Latitude -33.69166
Supplied as: "-33.69166"
Longitude 151.316
Supplied as: "151.316"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Turrimetta Heads
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Turrimetta Heads (33° 41' 30" S, 151° 19' E) 15/03/1972 - 15/03/1972, Shelf Benthic Survey";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 41' 30.000" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 19' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/18
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1233.3334 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 270.66666 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 214.33333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.666666 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 356.66666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 410.66666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.533333 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.333333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2333333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.433332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82666665
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0