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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1420

Preserved specimen of Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Seastar recorded on 1952-11-14
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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 H1420
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1420
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector V.V. Hickman
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1952-11-14
End day of year 319
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 319

Taxonomy

Scientific name Allostichaster polyplax
Original name usage Allostichaster polyplax
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Stichasteridae
Genus Allostichaster
Species Allostichaster polyplax
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Lewisham
Latitude -42.829
Supplied as: "-42.829"
Longitude 147.604
Supplied as: "147.604"
Datum EPSG:4326
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
    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
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COAL RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    Vegetation
    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 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6903.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1143.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 541.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 153.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.0 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.61
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.89
    Elevation 39.0 m