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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.2023

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 | Brittlestar Species
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.2023
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1042835","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.2023"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.2023
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Oldfield, S.C.  
Collector Coleman, H.L.  
Supplied as "Coleman, H. L."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1978

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1000108
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix spongicola
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
Scientific name authorship Stimpson, 1855
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stimpson, 1855

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.84916
Supplied as: "-33.84916"
Longitude 151.19166
Supplied as: "151.19166"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Jackson, off Balls Head
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, off Balls Head (33° 50' 57" S, 151° 11' 30" E)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 50' 57.000" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 11' 30.000" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/3/8
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/8
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pittwater
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SYDNEY COAST-GEORGES RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTH SYDNEY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1132.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 251.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 207.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 320.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 368.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.28
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.0 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 14.0 m