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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7896

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1971-01-11
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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.7896
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1049212","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7896"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7896
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by O'Loughlin, Mr P. Mark - Museum Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Laboratory  
Collector 1.  Ponder, F. Winston   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Malacology  
Supplied as "Ponder, Dr Winston F. - Australian Museum - Malacology"
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:1030460
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";
Occurrence date 1971-01-11
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 South Australia
Latitude -35.283
Supplied as: "-35.283"
Longitude 138.45
Supplied as: "138.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality just north of Aldinga
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, just north of Aldinga (35° 17' S, 138° 27' E) 11/01/1971 - 11/01/1971";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 17' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 27' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mount Lofty Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ONKAPARINGA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Onkaparinga (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Onkaparinga - South Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 86
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2589
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER ADELAIDE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALDINGA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) ADELAIDE - SOUTH
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ONKAPARINGA - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 507.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 220.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 221.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.758333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.46
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.93
    Elevation 20.0 m