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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3876

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 South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3876
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:433170"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Collector Keough, M  
Supplied as "Keough, M"
Record number K3876
Individual count 14
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:33836
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 South Australia
Latitude -32.8
Supplied as: "-32.8"
Longitude 134.13
Supplied as: "134.13"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Back Beach
Coordinate precision 0.1
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32 48 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 08 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Talia
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Streaky Bay (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Streaky Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF STREAKY BAY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (SA)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 364.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 163.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 163.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.066668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.25
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.6
    Elevation 19.0 m