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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K4129

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K4129
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:389865"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Collector Anderson, H  
Supplied as "Anderson, H"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33044
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Genus Plectaster
Species Plectaster decanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.1187
Supplied as: "-35.1187"
Longitude 137.5155
Supplied as: "137.5155"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Moorowie
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 07 07 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 30 56 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lower Yorke Peninsula
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lower Yorke Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern and Yorke
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern and Yorke
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern and Yorke
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 406.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 176.6 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 179.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.42 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.52 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.04 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.22 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.76 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.54 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.32 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.37
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.8
    Elevation 6.0 m