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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1042

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1976-09-27
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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 H1042
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1042
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 below low tide level / Sampling from 26/09/1976

Event

Occurrence date 1976-09-27
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 271
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 271

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Original name usage 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
Supplied as Gray,1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Tasman Peninsula: between Port Arthur and Stewarts Bay
Latitude -43.144
Supplied as: "-43.144"
Longitude 147.861
Supplied as: "147.861"
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
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 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
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14856.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2691.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 970.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 305.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 306.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.55 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.55 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.05 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.55 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.825
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.55 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.55 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0