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Occurrence record: OtherInverts:G212516

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1990-02-28
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "OtherInverts"
Catalog number G212516
Other catalog numbers ["mb33"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:OtherInverts:G212516
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Q66C3814-M

Event

Occurrence date 1990-02-28
Verbatim event date 28 Feb 1990
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Eaglehawk Neck, tesselated pavement
Latitude -43.002222
Supplied as: "-43.002222"
Longitude 147.918889
Supplied as: "147.918889"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 0
Field notes Q66C3814-M
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43° 8" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 55' 8" East

Additional properties

object id WO23984

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    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 Tasman (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tasman
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TASMAN COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FORESTIER - TASMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TASMAN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    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) 899.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 259.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 202.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 260.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.229167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 225.0 m