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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H262

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1966-10-16
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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 H262
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0262
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A.J. Dartnall
Individual count 3.0
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
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1966-10-16
End day of year 289
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 289

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 Coningham
Latitude -43.0886193
Supplied as: "-43.09"
Longitude 147.2910435
Supplied as: "147.29"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 09f454c0-b920-4309-8f4c-71880dfe86ec
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -43.0886193,147.2910435
    Related records
    Record UUID 0c66b999-a105-43cf-bc5c-2005b6870c1f
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica
    Coordinates -43.0886193,147.2910435

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Coningham
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Coningham
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Coningham
    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
    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
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KINGSTON COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kingborough (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kingborough
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1297
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MARGATE - SNUG
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - SOUTH AND WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kingborough
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 57777.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2230.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 693.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 190.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 155.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 203.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.98
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 775.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 211.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 52.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.354693 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 167.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 78.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 219.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.566667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.39216 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 297.08813
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.183333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.77
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0