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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.26199

Preserved specimen of Salmacina australis Haswell, 1884 | Tube Worm recorded on 1972-02-27
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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 W.26199
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1024993,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:W.26199"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Johnson, Mr Richard Thorpe - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector P.A. Hutchings & P.B. Weate
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2000

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1031686
Occurrence date 1972-02-27
Supplied date "1972-02-27/1972-02-27"
End day of year 58
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 58

Taxonomy

Scientific name Salmacina australis
Supplied scientific name "Salmacina australis Haswell, 1884"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tube Worm
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Sabellida
Family Serpulidae
Genus Salmacina
Species Salmacina australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Salmacina australis Haswell, 1884
Scientific name authorship Haswell, 1884
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Haswell, 1884

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.8
Supplied as: "-33.8"
Longitude 151.275
Supplied as: "151.275"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Jackson, Fairlight
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, Fairlight (33° 48' S, 151° 16' 30" E) 27/02/1972 - 27/02/1972
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 48' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 16' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Hawkesbury Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Electorates March 2025 Warringah
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Manly
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARRINGAH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MANLY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 203238.0 frequency
    Species Richness 5620.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1235.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 277.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 224.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 347.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 403.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1331.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 292.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 74.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 242.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 25.80255 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 441.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 157.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 441.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 44.207317 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 333.12796
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 21.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 21.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.83
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 33.0 m