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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1453

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1973-01-22
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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 H1453
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1453
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J.R. Penprase
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Occurrence remarks mid to low tid level

Event

Occurrence date 1973-01-22
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 22
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 22

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Original name usage Coscinasterias muricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Latitude -42.8601
Supplied as: "-42.8601"
Longitude 147.6099
Supplied as: "147.6099"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6903.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1143.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 554.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 144.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 118.333336 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 138.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 155.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.333332
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.666668 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.033333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.433332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 566.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 142.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 37.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 120.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.200587 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 149.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 60.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 165.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.2125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.991667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.433333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.232773 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 322.81522
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.533333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62666667
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 9.0 m