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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23320

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1997-05-03
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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.23320
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1045218","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23320"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.23320
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Berents, Dr Penelope Blackburne - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector 1.  Berents, Penelope Blackburne   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Invertebrates, Marine  
Supplied as "Berents, Dr Penelope Blackburne - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand collected on scuba]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1061824
Occurrence date 1997-05-03
Sampling protocol hand collected on scuba  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plectaster decanus
Supplied scientific name "Plectaster decanus Muller & 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 canonicalMatch
Accepted name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Muller & Troschel, 1843

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -35.357
Supplied as: "-35.357"
Longitude 150.48849
Supplied as: "150.48849"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Ulladulla, Halfway Reef, 200 m south of Sullivan Reef
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[NSW 1301] Australia, New South Wales, Ulladulla, Halfway Reef, 200 m south of Sullivan Reef (35° 21' 25" S, 150° 29' 19" E) 03/05/1997 - 03/05/1997, hand collected on scuba";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 21' 25.200" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 29' 18.600" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/28
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Batemans Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus tall open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1182.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 251.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 216.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 328.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 351.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.55 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.55 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.075
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.95 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 17.8 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99