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Occurrence record: Polychaete:W032011

Preserved specimen of Mediomastus Hartman, 1944 recorded on 2009-02-26
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Annelid Collection
Supplied collection code "Polychaete"
Catalog number W032011
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Polychaete:W032011
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by C.J. Glasby  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 2009-02-26
Supplied as year:2009  month:2  day:26 
End day of year 57
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 57

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mediomastus
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Scolecida
Family Capitellidae
Genus Mediomastus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hartman, 1944
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Melville Bay, E of Drimmie Peninsula, Gove
Latitude -12.2245
Supplied as: "-12.2245"
Longitude 136.70973
Supplied as: "136.70973"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS 84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arnhem Land
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Dhimurru
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Dhimurru
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Dhimurru
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Arnhem Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Nhulunbuy
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nhulunbuy
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUCKINGHAM RIVER
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Dhimurru
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Nhulunbuy - Gunyangara
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Gunyangara
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Dhimurru
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Nhulunbuy
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Electorates March 2025 Lingiari
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Dhimurru
    Local Government Areas 2023 East Arnhem
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 412
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 693
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NHULUNBUY - GUNYANGARA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GUNYANGARA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mulka
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 East Arnhem
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0880
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 East Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 3 East Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8583.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1251.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1372.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 509.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 70.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 825.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.55
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 3.0 m