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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z15687

Preserved specimen of Fromia Gray, 1840 recorded on 1963-03-17
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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 Z15687
Other catalog numbers ["704-76"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:15687
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hodgkin, E.P.  
Collector Hodgkin, E.P.  
Supplied as "Hodgkin, E.P."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1963-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1963-03-17
Supplied as year:1963  month:3  day:17 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Fromia
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Ophidiasteridae
Genus Fromia
Supplied as "Austrofromia"
Species Austrofromia polypora
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Supplied as (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -31.843
Supplied as: "-31.8430"
Longitude 115.7475
Supplied as: "115.7475"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31°50`35"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°44`51"E

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Identification date before occurrence date Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Marmion
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Marmion
    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 Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 740.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 395.4 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 44.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 36.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 419.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.62 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.88 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.88 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.74 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.26 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.322
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.56 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.16 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0