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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H978

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1969-06-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H978
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0978
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A.J. Dartnall
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1969-06-03
End day of year 154
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 154

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Original name usage Tosia australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Supplied as Gray,1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Port Phillip Bay: Beaumaris: Ricketts Point
Latitude -37.9949
Supplied as: "-37.9949"
Longitude 145.0301
Supplied as: "145.0301"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ricketts Point
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Ricketts Point
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ricketts Point
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 181539.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4375.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 671.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 173.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 129.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 133.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 196.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.775 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.675 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6749997 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.275 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.075 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.125 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.275 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.625 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.935
    Elevation 9.0 m