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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z88631

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 2018-04-11
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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 Z88631
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:88631
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 100% Ethanol
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Hara, A.  
Supplied as "Hara, A."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Date identified 2018-01-01

Event

Event ID Albany Sponge Barnacle 2018
Occurrence date 2018-04-11
Supplied as year:2018  month:4  day:11 
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
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)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -35.0588
Supplied as: "-35.0588"
Longitude 117.9389
Supplied as: "117.9389"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality A18/4
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35°03`32"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117°56`20"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 891.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 379.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 392.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0