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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11429

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1970-11-22
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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.11429
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1036956","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11429"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11429
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by O'Loughlin, Mr P. Mark - Museum Victoria - Marine Invertebrates Laboratory  
Collector 1.  Coleman, Neville   2.  Australian Marine Photographic Index  
Supplied as "Coleman, Mr Neville - Australian Marine Photographic Index"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2002
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1029805
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";
Occurrence date 1970-11-22
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra gunnii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, 1840)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.15
Supplied as: "-35.15"
Longitude 138.466
Supplied as: "138.466"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Noarlunga
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Port Noarlunga (35° 09' S, 138° 28' E) 22/11/1970 - 22/11/1970";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 9' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 28' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 7ba1fca9-012b-4bcd-958e-e30be6cad073
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
    Coordinates -35.15,138.466
    Related records
    Record UUID d7711819-8dc3-4d78-9b23-5e846b7ec414
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
    Coordinates -35.15,138.466

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Port Noarlunga Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 499.8 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 51.6 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 212.4 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.16 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.68 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.44 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.04 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.44 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.14 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.452
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.912
    Elevation 24.0 m