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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15706

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 | Brittlestar Species 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 J.15706
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1039655","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15706"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15706
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector 1.  Hutchings, P.A.   2.  Weate, P.B.  
Supplied as "P.A. Hutchings & P.B. Weate"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1982

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1031685
Occurrence date 1972-02-27
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix spongicola
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
Scientific name authorship Stimpson, 1855
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stimpson, 1855

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -37.266
Supplied as: "-37.266"
Longitude 150.05
Supplied as: "150.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Green Cape lighthouse
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Green Cape lighthouse (37° 16' S, 150° 03' E) 27/02/1972 - 27/02/1972";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 16' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 3' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    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 Twofold Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 892.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 182.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 180.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 221.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 249.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 16.7 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94