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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7939

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1970-12-03
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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.7939
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1116242","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7939"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.7939
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"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
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:1029846
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella gunnii by O’Loughlin & Waters (2004)";
Occurrence date 1970-12-03
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 -35.616
Supplied as: "-35.616"
Longitude 138.6
Supplied as: "138.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Victor Harbor, West Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, South Australia, Victor Harbor, West Island (35° 37' S, 138° 36' E) 03/12/1970 - 03/12/1970";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 37' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138° 36' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    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 Coorong
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 607.9133 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 262.55 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.86 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 63.45667 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 52.003334 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 63.856667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.566668 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 263.16333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.784 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.43
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.898333 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.140667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.565 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.016333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.304334 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.879 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.979666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5057 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0479333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.577333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.022667 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.373 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53816664
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9884