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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8946

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1974-12-11
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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.8946
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1018439","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8946"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8946
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Identified date 1975
Collector 1.  Prestedge, G.   2.  Rowe, F.  
Supplied as "G. Prestedge & F. Rowe"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1975

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1033750
Occurrence date 1974-12-11
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Supplied scientific name "Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Supplied common name "Eleven-armed Sea Star"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Verrill, 1867

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.8
Supplied as: "-42.8"
Longitude 147.5
Supplied as: "147.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Pittwater, between Woody Island and Causeway 1, near Midway Point
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, Pittwater, between Woody Island and Causeway 1, near Midway Point (42° 48' S, 147° 30' E) 11/12/1974 - 11/12/1974";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 48' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 30' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 069f6018-786b-4183-887b-738c81ab170e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
    Coordinates -42.8,147.5
    Related records
    Record UUID 85279661-db27-4df9-9d4e-7070178f7306
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
    Coordinates -42.8,147.5
    Record UUID db938b70-3fcc-4c15-98bc-1dd967f5290e
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
    Coordinates -42.8,147.5

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COAL RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 496.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 146.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.09
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.7 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.84
    Elevation 145.0 m