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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z3399

Preserved specimen of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra Jaeger, 1833 | Sandfish (sea Cucumber) recorded on 1998-10-24
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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 Z3399
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:3399
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Morrison, S.M.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Date identified 1999-01-01

Event

Event ID Woodside Dampier Expedition I 1998
Occurrence date 1998-10-24
Supplied as year:1998  month:10  day:24 
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
End day of year 297
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 297

Taxonomy

Scientific name Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra
Identified to rank species
Common name Sandfish (sea Cucumber)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Holothuriida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Holothuria
Species Holothuria scabra
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Jaeger, 1833
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Metriatyla

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -20.4318
Supplied as: "-20.4318"
Longitude 117.0608
Supplied as: "117.0608"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality DA1/98/22
Island Delambre Island
Island group Dampier Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°25.91`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117°03.65`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Pilbara (nearshore)
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbara (nearshore)
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 423.0 frequency
    Species Richness 253.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 254.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 143.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 148.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.325
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.95 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.8 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.16