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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14524

Preserved specimen of Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816) | Eight-armed Cushion Star
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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.14524
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1106670","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14524"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.14524
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Identified date 1981
Collector 1.  Green, R.H.   2.  Launceston Museum  
Supplied as "Green, R. H. - Launceston Museum"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1981
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1001868
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "New combination for Patiriella calcar";
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra calcar
Supplied scientific name "Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eight-armed Cushion Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra calcar
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1816)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lamarck, 1816)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -41.316
Supplied as: "-41.316"
Longitude 144.733
Supplied as: "144.733"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality vicinity of Smiths Gulch
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, vicinity of Smiths Gulch (41° 19' S, 144° 44' E)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 41° 19' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 44' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Franklin
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1333.3334 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 486.83334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.333333 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 201.83333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 202.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 492.83334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 53.666668
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.433333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.9333334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.516666 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.416667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.65 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8433333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.683333 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.583333 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8833333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 11.0 m