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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24573

Preserved specimen of Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843) | Seastar recorded on 2008-04-02
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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.24573
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1247262","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24573"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.24573
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Murray, Ms Anna - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector 1.  Keable, Stephen John   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Invertebrates, Marine  
Supplied as "Keable, Dr Stephen John - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hand collected on SCUBA]
Date identified 2008-05
Supplied as 2008-5

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1102620
Occurrence date 2008-04-02
Sampling protocol hand collected on SCUBA  
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 -36.74874
Supplied as: "-36.74874"
Longitude 149.98438
Supplied as: "149.98438"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality south of Tathra, east of Kangarutha Point
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MI NSW 3226] Australia, New South Wales, south of Tathra, east of Kangarutha Point (36° 44' 56" S, 149° 59' 04" E) 02/04/2008 - 02/04/2008, Keable, Dr Stephen John - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates(Collector), hand collected on SCUBA, Field Coll";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 44' 55.5" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 59' 3.8" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2011/11/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    GER Kosciuszko to Coast GER Kosciuszko to Coast
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    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
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 888.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 162.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 160.8 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.4 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 248.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 273.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.74 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.58 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.28 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.04 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.68 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.66 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.88 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.02 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.66 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.38 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.908
    Elevation 35.0 m