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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K4127

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar
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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 K4127
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:389863"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Zeidler, W  
Collector 1.  Zeidler   2.  Gowlett-Holmes, W.   3.  L, K.  
Supplied as "Zeidler, W Gowlett-Holmes, K L"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1989-05-

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33042
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 -35.97467
Supplied as: "-35.97467"
Longitude 137.61905
Supplied as: "137.61905"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Kangaroo Island, W side of Cape D'Estaing
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 58 29 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 37 09 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Southern Kangaroo Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Southern Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 523.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 232.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 237.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.95
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95