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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14258

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 1981-03-13
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Dataset

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.14258
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1114491","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14258"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14258
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector 1.  Harriott, V.   2.  Vail, L.  
Supplied as "V. Harriott & L. Vail"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1981

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1051756
Occurrence date 1981-03-13
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 -35.716
Supplied as: "-35.716"
Longitude 150.25
Supplied as: "150.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Batemans Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[BB-12] Australia, New South Wales, Batemans Bay (35° 43' S, 150° 15' E) 13/03/1981 - 13/03/1981";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 43' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 15' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID d2a601f3-c1e9-4e6b-bd53-d065f0aba273
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -35.716,150.25
    Related records
    Record UUID f92d3046-5501-4274-8b05-28bf3afc9fad
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Plectaster decanus Muller & Troschel, 1843
    Coordinates -35.716,150.25

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Batemans
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Batemans
    Directory of Important Wetlands Clyde River Estuary
    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)
    Political
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1050.75 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 201.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 180.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 302.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 323.25 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.975 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.875 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.475 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.225 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.175 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.18
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 19.324999 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.129166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9475
    Elevation 25.0 m