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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H5351

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 2007-02-06
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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 H5351
Occurrence ID TMAG: H5351
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by C. Sutton  
Collector M. Green
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 2007-02-06
Supplied date "6/02/2007"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 37
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 37

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Original name usage Tosia magnifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia magnifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Tranmere: foreshore
Latitude -42.917
Supplied as: "-42.917"
Longitude 147.412
Supplied as: "147.412"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Tosia magnifica

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 032315ec-31b5-485f-882b-bb7c793d34e9
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -42.917,147.412
    Related records
    Record UUID 30e5e602-578d-4581-8b20-ab6f54d223db
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -42.917,147.412
    Record UUID d306aa9e-b629-4550-b6fd-7463a82fb6e1
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -42.917,147.412
    Record UUID 08ebb6b9-5a25-49b7-95c0-f74cf569c1e3
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -42.917,147.412
    Record UUID 971c6aa2-8322-4330-9afe-afaeda639705
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -42.917,147.412

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Clarence
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Franklin
    Electorates March 2025 Franklin
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence
    Local Government Areas 2023 Clarence
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HOWRAH - TRANMERE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PEMBROKE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Franklin (Pembroke)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Howrah - Tranmere
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Postal Areas 2021 7018
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Howrah - Tranmere
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart - North East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 26518.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1513.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 538.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 154.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 564.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 139.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 117.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.691148 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 60.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 167.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.1125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.641666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.380955 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 309.65613
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.3 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9