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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6853

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1954-06-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.6853
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1048482","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6853"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6853
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Vail, Dr Lyle L. - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
Collector Bennett, Miss Isobel  
Supplied as "Bennett, Miss Isobel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1978

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1022740
Occurrence date 1954-06-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)"
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
Accepted name Tosia magnifica (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -41.0
Supplied as: "-41.0"
Longitude 148.35
Supplied as: "148.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Eddystone Point,
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, Eddystone Point, (41° 00' S, 148° 21' E) 20/06/1954 - 20/06/1954";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 41° 0' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 21' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Area Management
    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 Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Freycinet
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)