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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11390

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 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.11390
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1036924,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11390"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -39.833332
Supplied as: "-39.833332"
Longitude 144.0
Supplied as: "144.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, east King Island, Grassy (39° 50' S, 144° 00' E) 05/12/1977 - 05/12/1977
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 39° 50' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 00' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Wyong
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wyong
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACQUARIE-TUGGERAH LAKES
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Circular Head - King Island
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Braddon
    Electorates March 2025 Shortland
    Local Government Areas 2011 King Island (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas 2023 King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY 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) KING ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SHORTLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Murchison)
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 King Island
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7256
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 King Island
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 North West
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    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 214.0 frequency
    Species Richness 21.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1163.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 225.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 187.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 350.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 406.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 33.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 5893.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 1652.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 347.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 1233.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.316417 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1313.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 562.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1652.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.925 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 10.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 21.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 25.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.683333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 27.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 79.66361 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 82.778465
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 25.75 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 82.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.78
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m