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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3152

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3152
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:380292"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Zeidler, W  
Collector 1.  Zeidler   2.  Gowlett-Holmes, W.   3.  L, K.  
Supplied as "Zeidler, W Gowlett-Holmes, K L"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1989-05-

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:29397
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Supplied scientific name "Tosia australis Gray, 1840"
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 South Australia
Latitude -37.0885
Supplied as: "-37.0885"
Longitude 139.7242
Supplied as: "139.7242"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality off Cape Thomas, btw. the Godfrey Islands
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37 05 19 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 43 27 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Upper South East
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Upper South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Robe
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest