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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H3455

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 2010-10-03
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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 H3455
Occurrence ID TMAG: H3455
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector P.J. Taylor
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 2010-10-03
Supplied date "3/10/2010"
End day of year 276
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 276

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Original name usage Tosia magnifica
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
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Seven Mile Beach
Latitude -42.8581
Supplied as: "-42.8581"
Longitude 147.5055
Supplied as: "147.5055"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Tosia magnifica

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Highlands-Southern Fall
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hodgkinson Basin
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NORMANBY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cape York
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cape York Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 O'Connor
    Electorates March 2025 O'connor
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kalgoorlie/Boulder (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kalgoorlie/Boulder
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kalgoorlie-Boulder
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 197
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2180
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KALGOORLIE - NINGIA MIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kalgoorlie (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kalgoorlie
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6430
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kalgoorlie
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Goldfields
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (South)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's Golden Outback
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6391.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1190.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 270.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 80.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 33.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 290.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 83.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 52.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 22.784117 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 68.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.6125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 28.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.291667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.63743 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 554.0312
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 25.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.566667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.15
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3
    Elevation 375.0 m