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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H2264

Preserved specimen of Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871 | Northern Pacific Seastar recorded on 1992-10-19
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H2264
Occurrence ID TMAG: H2264
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by E. Turner  
Collector E. Turner
Individual count 1.0
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 3 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Hand-net]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks collected from sides of dock with hand-net

Event

Occurrence date 1992-10-19
Sampling protocol Hand-net  
End day of year 293
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 293

Taxonomy

Scientific name Asterias amurensis
Original name usage Asterias amurensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Northern Pacific Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Asterias
Species Asterias amurensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lütken, 1871
Supplied as Lutkin, 1871
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Hobart: Constitution Dock
Latitude -42.8821176
Supplied as: "-42.8835"
Longitude 147.3369393
Supplied as: "147.3359"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 64866b43-7330-4084-afc4-6d1a1b743bfd
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Related records
    Record UUID 7db8472b-d80d-4d86-9b86-9a2a7e1c652f
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Record UUID f6395e58-508c-430f-817b-1aab28d4d217
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Record UUID b495f7bb-7ce1-4235-b233-d5c1bc4c02a7
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    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 Ceduna (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ceduna
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF CEDUNA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 94
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 741
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CEDUNA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CEDUNA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Ceduna
    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 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4286.0 frequency
    Species Richness 805.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 283.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 111.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 278.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 103.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.40757 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 105.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.120834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.525001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.416668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.1106 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 377.26562
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 21.566668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.05 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.17
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.39
    Elevation 10.0 m