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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1313

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1970-03
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Dataset

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 H1313
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1313
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector D.C. Wolfe
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1970, Month: 3, Day:
Supplied date "1970-03"
Date precision MONTH

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 Waterhouse Point: between Ringarooma Bay and Waterhouse Island
Latitude -40.821
Supplied as: "-40.821"
Longitude 147.669
Supplied as: "147.669"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Waterhouse
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Waterhouse
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Waterhouse
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Boags
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Dorset
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DORSET COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 12677.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1658.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 648.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 196.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 197.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 644.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 199.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 27.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 23.752756 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 200.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.520833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.008333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.242973 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 300.1095
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 22.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.683333 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99