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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14313

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1981-03-27
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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.14313
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1038871","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14313"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14313
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector 1.  Harriott, V.   2.  Vail, L.  
Supplied as "V. Harriott & L. Vail"
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1981

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1075436
Occurrence date 1981-03-27
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus Muller & 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 canonicalMatch
Accepted name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Muller & Troschel, 1843

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -35.35
Supplied as: "-35.35"
Longitude 150.483
Supplied as: "150.483"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Ulladulla
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[U-3] Australia, New South Wales, Ulladulla (35° 21' S, 150° 29' E) 27/03/1981 - 27/03/1981";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 21' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 29' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 4bef1091-1420-4ec2-90cd-5151b017cf13
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -35.35,150.483
    Related records
    Record UUID 5c70fba3-401b-409e-a80f-c0860168a736
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -35.35,150.483

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Batemans Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Shoalhaven - Pt B
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1182.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 251.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 216.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 328.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 351.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.55 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.55 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.075
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.95 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 17.8 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99