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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6840

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1954-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.6840
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1134705","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6840"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6840
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Bennett, Miss Isobel
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1022562
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1954, Month: 1, Day:
Supplied date "1954-01"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Muller & 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
Accepted name Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -40.516
Supplied as: "-40.516"
Longitude 144.75
Supplied as: "144.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Hunter Island, Bass Strait
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, Hunter Island, Bass Strait (40° 31' S, 144° 45' E) /01/1954 - /01/1954";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 40° 31' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 45' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Hunter Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Hunter Island
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Hunter Island
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) King
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) King
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SMITHTON-BURNIE 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 Circular Head (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Circular Head
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CIRCULAR HEAD COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Circular Head
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2646.0 frequency
    Species Richness 678.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 856.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 311.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 312.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.81
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 944.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 354.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 131.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 36.967186 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 131.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 128.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 354.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.058333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.5166664 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.63184 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 244.62247
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.2 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 31.0 m