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Occurrence record: OtherInverts:G233783

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1988-03-21
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "OtherInverts"
Catalog number G233783
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:OtherInverts:G233783
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by C Mah  
Collector Lamprell, K.  
Supplied as "K Lamprell"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2004-05-17
Supplied as 17 May 2004

Event

Occurrence date 1988-03-21
Verbatim event date 21 Mar 1988
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Flinders
Latitude -38.486111
Supplied as: "-38.486111"
Longitude 145.030556
Supplied as: "145.030556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Minimum depth in metres 0.5
Location remarks among rocks
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 20.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 29' 10" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 1' 50" East

Additional properties

object id 215751

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Victoria
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington P'sula - South
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 821.13 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 257.91666 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.296666 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 139.41333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.57 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 139.41333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 257.91666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.753667 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.739666 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.424 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.691 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0703335 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.624 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.458667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.413334 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0547999
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.732334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.413334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.681 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72603333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0