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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.416

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003) recorded on 1879
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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.416
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1046782","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.416"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.416
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Broadbent, K.  
Supplied as "Broadbent, K."
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
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "taxonomic transfer recorded in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1013391
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "taxonomic transfer recorded in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1879, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1879"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra medius
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin et al., 2003)"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra medius
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin et al., 2003)
Scientific name authorship (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (O'Loughlin et al., 2003)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.0
Supplied as: "-42.0"
Longitude 146.0
Supplied as: "146.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality George town
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania (42° 00' S, 146° 00' E) 1879 - 1879";
Coordinate precision 0.1
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 0' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 0' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/8
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Outlier information  

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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 96614752-2d9c-4ec5-9092-5732fae0e9bf
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin et al., 2003)
    Coordinates -42.0,146.0
    Related records
    Record UUID c8dc1c17-13f8-4062-b9cf-8f4673280097
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin et al., 2003)
    Coordinates -42.0,146.0

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Central Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Highlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PIEMAN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2259.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 709.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 365.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 380.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 64.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 742.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 4.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 4.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 7.5625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 631.0 m