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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3331

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3331
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:380455"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Hamilton-Bruce, B  
Collector Zeidler, W Gowlett-Holmes, K L Bavendam, F A
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:29545
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)"
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)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Port Davey, Bathurst Channel, W end of Mundy Island
Latitude -43.3385
Supplied as: "-43.3385"
Longitude 146.0098
Supplied as: "146.0098"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43 20 19 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146 00 35 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Southwest
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Southwest
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Southwest
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Southwest
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian West
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) West
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH-WEST COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Huon Valley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HUON VALLEY COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Leptospermum forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1384.0 frequency
    Species Richness 489.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1969.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 607.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 352.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 358.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 607.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 10.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 55.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.85
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 662.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 113.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 387.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 22.439623 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 387.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 234.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 663.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.029167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.299999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.3416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.984753 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 280.42548
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.066667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 129.0 m