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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z9376

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1971-01-06
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z9376
Other catalog numbers ["491-75"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:9376
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1975-01-01
Collector Ride, F.M.L.  
Supplied as "Ride, F.M.L."
Individual count 11
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1975-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1971-01-06
Supplied as year:1971  month:1  day:6 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -38.4166
Supplied as: "-38.4166"
Longitude 144.9833
Supplied as: "144.9833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to AUTOGAZ
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38°25`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144°59`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington P'sula - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FLINDERS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 934.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 293.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 294.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.43 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.5875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.77
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 117.0 m