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Occurrence record: MO:S63375

Preserved specimen of Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
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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 Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S63375
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:63375
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector George, R.W.  
Supplied as "George, R.W."
Individual count 4
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1961, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1961 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthopleura spinosa
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora
Order Chitonida
Family Chitonidae
Genus Acanthopleura
Species Acanthopleura spinosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Bruguière, 1792)
Subfamily Acanthopleurinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -16.0833
Supplied as: "-16.0833"
Longitude 123.6167
Supplied as: "123.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Cockatoo Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Egaz
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16°05`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 123°37`E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 16815571-37e8-4f83-9250-1b29d9d4b448
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.0833,123.6167
    Related records
    Record UUID b52128e8-afc8-4d94-83ea-96a4bdacc42f
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -16.0833,123.6167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    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 Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DERBY-WEST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Dambimangari

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 997.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.6666665 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 396.66666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 767.6667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.366667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 20.433332 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.59
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.13333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.333332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.933332 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.39
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99