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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32922

Preserved specimen of Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) recorded on 2025-06-29
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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.32922
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10547480,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.32922"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Byrne, Dr Maria - University of Sydney - Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences  
Collector S. Liddy & M. Byrne
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment by hand
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [by hand]
Date identified 2025

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10082848
Occurrence date 2025-06-29
Supplied date "2025-06-29/2025-06-29"
Sampling protocol by hand  
End day of year 180
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 180

Taxonomy

Scientific name Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota
Supplied scientific name "Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Holothuriida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Holothuria
Species Holothuria leucospilota
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835)
Scientific name authorship (Brandt, 1835)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Brandt, 1835)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.781944
Supplied as: "-33.781944"
Longitude 151.29472
Supplied as: "151.29472"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Freshwater Beach
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Freshwater Beach (33° 46' 55" S, 151° 17' 41" E) 29/06/2025 - 29/06/2025, Liddy, Sian - University of Sydney(Collector), Byrne, Dr Maria - University of Sydney - Schools of Medical and Biological Sciences(Presenter and donor), by hand, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 46' 55" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 17' 41" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Hawkesbury Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Northern Beaches
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Manly - Warringah
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Sydney - Wollongong
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Warringah
    Electorates March 2025 Warringah
    Local Government Areas 2011 Warringah (A)
    Local Government Areas 2023 Northern Beaches
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1394
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FRESHWATER - BROOKVALE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRINGAH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - NORTHERN BEACHES
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARRINGAH
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTHERN BEACHES
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MANLY - WARRINGAH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MANLY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Manly
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Freshwater - Brookvale
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Sydney
    Postal Areas 2021 2096
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 12203142912
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Freshwater - Brookvale
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Warringah
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Sydney - Northern Beaches
    Tourism Regions 2021 Sydney
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 203238.0 frequency
    Species Richness 5620.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1238.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 271.16666 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.166667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 224.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 347.33334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.666668 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 404.83334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.283333 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.766667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.349999 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.983334 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.516666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2133334
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.783333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.416666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.666668 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82666665
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 8.0 m