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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1367

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | Seastar recorded on 1968-09-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H1367
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1367
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Museums Victoria
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Occurrence remarks ultra low tide

Event

Occurrence date 1968-09-27
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 271
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 271

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra gunnii
Original name usage Meridiastra gunnii
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
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Supplied as (Gray,1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Western Port Bay: Somers
Latitude -38.395
Supplied as: "-38.395"
Longitude 145.16
Supplied as: "145.16"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Gippsland Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Mornington Peninsula
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Mornington - East
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Flinders
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HASTINGS - SOMERS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hastings (Eastern Victoria)
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Hastings - Somers
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Local Government Areas 2023 Mornington Peninsula
    Postal Areas 2021 3927
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Hastings - Somers
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Mornington Peninsula
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Mornington Peninsula
    Tourism Regions 2021 Peninsula
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Banksia woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 51049.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1599.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 802.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 246.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 137.33333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 246.83333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.866667 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.55 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.016666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6833334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.55 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.216667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.75 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45833334 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1133333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.75 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.566667 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 10.0 m