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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z85655

Preserved specimen of Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816) | Small Knob Coral recorded on 1979-01-22
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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 Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z85655
Other catalog numbers ["12-91.2"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:85655
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Longbottom, A.
Individual count 2
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1979-01-22
Supplied as year:1979  month:1  day:22 
End day of year 22
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 22

Taxonomy

Scientific name Plesiastrea versipora
Identified to rank species
Common name Small Knob Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Plesiastreidae
Genus Plesiastrea
Species Plesiastrea versipora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -33.8833
Supplied as: "-33.8833"
Longitude 122.75
Supplied as: "122.7500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island group Alexander Bay
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°53`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 122°45`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Esperance Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Recherche
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Recherche
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SALT LAKE
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Esperance (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Esperance
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes The Esperance Nyungars
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 622
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Esperance
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 250.0 frequency
    Species Richness 154.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 587.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 242.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 73.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.09
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 568.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 234.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 21.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 48.387688 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 73.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 85.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 234.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.370832 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.083334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 56.640625 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 316.87723
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 20.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.5 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.45
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9