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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17930

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1983-12-10
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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.17930
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1041277","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17930"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.17930
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by O'Loughlin, Mr P. Mark - Museum Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Laboratory  
Collector 1.  Rowe, F.W.E.   2.  Marsh, L.M.  
Supplied as "F.W.E. Rowe & L.M. Marsh"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2002
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1041761
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";
Occurrence date 1983-12-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1840)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -32.2
Supplied as: "-32.2"
Longitude 115.666
Supplied as: "115.666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality north east of Side Garden Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, north east of Side Garden Island (32° 12' S, 115° 40' E) 10/12/1983 - 10/12/1983";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 12' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 40' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ROCKINGHAM

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 730.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 386.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 38.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 43.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 412.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.45 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.025 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.25 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.05 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2075
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.275 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.625 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5175
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0