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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11358

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1977-12-02
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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.11358
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1036903","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11358"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11358
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Short, C.  
Supplied as "Short, C."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1036479
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";
Occurrence date 1977-12-02
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -39.833
Supplied as: "-39.833"
Longitude 144.0
Supplied as: "144.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Naracoopa, East King Island, Bass Strait
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, Naracoopa, East King Island, Bass Strait (39° 50' S, 144° 00' E) 02/12/1977 - 02/12/1977";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 39° 50' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 0' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 King Island (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KING ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 901.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 338.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 340.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.408333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 38.0 m