Occurrence record: Corals:G335419

Preserved specimen of Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Cauliflower Coral recorded on 2015-11-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Corals
Supplied collection code "Corals"
Catalog number G335419
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Corals:G335419
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by M Ekins  
Identified date 18 Dec 2015
Collector Torda, G.  
Supplied as "G Torda"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes P. acuta
Date identified 2015-12-18
Supplied as 18 Dec 2015

Event

Occurrence date 2015-11-27
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Verbatim event date 27 Nov 2015
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pocillopora damicornis
Supplied scientific name "Pocillopora acuta"
Identified to rank species
Common name Cauliflower Coral
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Pocilloporidae
Genus Pocillopora
Species Pocillopora damicornis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Supplied as Lamarck, 1816
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Little Pioneer Bay, Orpheus Island
Latitude -18.593919
Supplied as: "-18.593919"
Longitude 146.484825
Supplied as: "146.484825"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 6
Field notes P. acuta
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 20.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 35' 38.11" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 29' 5.37" East

Additional properties

object id 316950

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2083.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 140.6 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 119.8 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 87.8 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1123.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 130.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1198.2 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.32 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.14 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.38 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.44 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.82 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.454 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.912
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.54 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.359999 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.2 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.766
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 110.0 m