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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3697

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra atyphoida (H.L. Clark, 1916) | Sea Star
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3697
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:433022"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Gowlett-Holmes, K L  
Collector Gowlett-Holmes, K L
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2006-07-12
Supplied as 12/07/2006

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33690
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra atyphoida
Identified to rank species
Common name Sea Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra atyphoida
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality E of Port MacDonnell, Racecourse Bay
Latitude -38.0554
Supplied as: "-38.0554"
Longitude 140.7526
Supplied as: "140.7526"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38 03 19 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 45 09 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Bridgewater
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Limestone Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bridgewater
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 South-East
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Limestone Coast
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Barker
    Local Government Areas 2011 Grant (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Grant
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF GRANT
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 27
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRANT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Mount Gambier
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Grant
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Grant
    Postal Areas 2021 5291
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Grant
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Limestone Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Limestone Coast
    Vegetation
    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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14597.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1378.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 739.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 314.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 314.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 731.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 306.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 85.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 47.982346 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 85.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 107.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 306.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.941667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.406506 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 287.4562
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 3.0 m