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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15756

Preserved specimen of Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola Stimpson, 1855 | Brittlestar Species recorded on 1981
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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.15756
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1039686","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15756"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.15756
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoggett, Dr Anne - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector Roche Research Institute  
Supplied as "Roche Research Institute"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1982

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1068740
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1981, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1981"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiothrix (Placophiothrix) spongicola
Supplied scientific name "Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brittlestar Species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiotrichidae
Genus Ophiothrix
Species Ophiothrix spongicola
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophiothrix spongicola Stimpson, 1855
Scientific name authorship Stimpson, 1855
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stimpson, 1855

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.83999
Supplied as: "-33.83999"
Longitude 151.26
Supplied as: "151.26"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Jackson, Georges Head
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[Site 25] Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson, Georges Head (33° 50' 24" S, 151° 15' 36" E) 1981 - 1981";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 50' 24.000" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 15' 36.000" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARRINGAH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1278.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 284.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 231.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 360.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 418.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.23
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.7 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 83.0 m