Occurrence record: Sponge:Z003383

Preserved specimen of Desmapsamma Burton, 1934 recorded on 1988-08-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Porifera Collection
Supplied collection code "Sponge"
Catalog number Z003383
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Sponge:Z003383
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by J.N.A. Hooper  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1988-08-27
Supplied as year:1988  month:8  day:27 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Desmapsamma
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Porifera
Class Demospongiae
Order Poecilosclerida
Family Desmacididae
Genus Desmapsamma
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Burton, 1934
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality 8 nautical miles NW off Flag Island, Monte Bello Islands (Radioactive Fallout Area)
Latitude -20.46333
Supplied as: "-20.46333"
Longitude 115.515
Supplied as: "115.515"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Montebello Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Montebello Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (offshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MURRUMBIDGEE COUNCIL

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 405.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 114.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.95
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.35
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.68