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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F73265

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1982-02-08
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F73265
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F73265
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by P M. O'Loughlin  
Collector 1.  Museum Victoria   2.  Jordan, C.  
Supplied as "Dr Robin S. Wilson - Museum Victoria | C Jordan"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number WPNPA 32
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Dataset / Survey name [WPNPA - Wilsons Promontory National Parks Association Survey]
Date identified 1982

Event

Dataset / Survey name WPNPA - Wilsons Promontory National Parks Association Survey  
Event ID WPNPA 32
Field Number WPNPA 32
Occurrence date 1982-02-08
Supplied date "1982-02-08T00:00:00\1982-02-08T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Spinulosacea | Spinulosida | Echinasteridae
Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Wilsons Promontory, N Shore of Small Bay, 2.5 km N of South East Point
Latitude -39.11
Supplied as: "-39.11"
Longitude 146.427
Supplied as: "146.427"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wilsons Promontory, N Shore of Small Bay, 2.5 km N of South East Point
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID WPNPA 32

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Wilsons Promontory
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Wilsons Promontory
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders
    IBRA 7 Regions Furneaux
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wilsons Promontory
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH GIPPSLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1135.1428 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 395.14285 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 178.57143 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.428572 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 181.57143 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.285713 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 398.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.985714 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.285713
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.77143 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.214286 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.457143 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.885715 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.657143 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.39857143 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.94142854
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.985714 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.785715 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82857144
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 174.0 m