Occurrence record: Observations:118347074

Human observation of Meridiastra atyphoida (H.L. Clark, 1916) | Sea Star recorded on 2022-04-25
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Dataset

Data resource iNaturalist Australia
Institution code Supplied institution code "iNaturalist"
Collection Supplied collection code "Observations"
Catalog number 118347074
Occurrence ID https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118347074
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Identified by Matt Tank  
Identified date 2022-05-24T00:17:13Z
Collector Shaw, Nick  
Supplied as "Nick Shaw"
User nickoshaw
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights holder Nick Shaw
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Occurrence remarks to check
Identification verification status research
Date identified 2022-05-24T00:17:13Z
Identification remarks Yep, I agree. Maybe a juvenile though
Identification ID 263276202

Event

Dataset / Survey name iNaturalist research-grade observations  
Identification remarks Yep, I agree. Maybe a juvenile though
Occurrence date 2022-04-25
Supplied date "2022-04-25T14:14:00+10:00"
Verbatim event date 2022/04/25 2:14 PM
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:14:00+10:00

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meridiastra atyphoida
Identified to rank species
Common name Sea Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Meridiastra
Species Meridiastra atyphoida
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.37245
Supplied as: "-38.3724496056"
Longitude 145.224543
Supplied as: "145.2245430393"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Crib Point VIC 3919, Australia
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 122.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

captive wild

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Western Port
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HASTINGS

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 780.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 238.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 240.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.45 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.125
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0