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Occurrence record: OtherInverts:G212493

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star recorded on 1990-02-06
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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 G212493
Other catalog numbers ["mb33"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:OtherInverts:G212493
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Q66C3247-U

Event

Occurrence date 1990-02-06
Verbatim event date 06 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 Victoria
Locality Point Bunbury, rock platform; Apollo Bay
Latitude -38.752222
Supplied as: "-38.752222"
Longitude 143.668611
Supplied as: "143.668611"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 0
Field notes Q66C3247-U
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 45' 8" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 40' 7" East

Additional properties

object id WO23961

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 OTWAY COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Colac-Otway (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Colac-Otway - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COLAC OTWAY SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1302
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OTWAY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) COLAC - CORANGAMITE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CORANGAMITE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CORANGAMITE - GOLDEN PLAINS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Unknown/no data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 951.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 328.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 329.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.94
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 242.0 m