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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8668

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1971-11-29
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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.8668
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1049737","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8668"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8668
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Identified date 1974
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 1974

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1030625
Occurrence date 1971-11-29
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 Western Australia
Latitude -33.6
Supplied as: "-33.6"
Longitude 115.1
Supplied as: "115.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Dunsborough
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, Dunsborough (33° 36' S, 115° 06' E) 29/11/1971 - 29/11/1971";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 36' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 6' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Jarrah Forest
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUSSELTON COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Busselton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Busselton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 603
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BUSSELTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) AUGUSTA - MARGARET RIVER - BUSSELTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BUNBURY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FORREST
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BUSSELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BUSSELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 832.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 417.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 465.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.466667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 28.0 m