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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z3310

Preserved specimen of Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836 recorded on 1998-10-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z3310
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:3310
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1/1/1999
Collector Morrison, S.M.  
Supplied as "Morrison, S.M."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]
Date identified 1999-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/1999

Event

Event ID Woodside Dampier Expedition I 1998
Occurrence date 1998-10-20
Supplied date "20/10/1998"
Sampling protocol Hand  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Comaster
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Comatulidae
Supplied as "Comasteridae"
Genus Comaster
Supplied as "Comanthina"
Species Comanthina variabilis
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship L. Agassiz, 1836
Supplied as (Bell, 1882)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.4735
Supplied as: "-20.4735"
Longitude 116.808
Supplied as: "116.808"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality DA1/98/10
Island Angel Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°28.41`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°48.48`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Unnamed WA36915
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Unnamed WA36915
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roebourne (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 367
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1197
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE - WICKHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DAMPIER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 247.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 140.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.208334 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.15
    Elevation 17.0 m