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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F72344

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1905-04-27
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F72344
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F72344
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
Identified by Frank W. Rowe  
Collector James A. Kershaw
Sex Unknown
Individual count 4
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 1976

Event

Occurrence date 1905-04-27
Supplied date "1905-04-27T00:00:00\1905-04-27T00:00:00"
End day of year 117
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 117

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae
Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Müller & 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
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Sandringham
Latitude -37.95
Supplied as: "-37.95"
Longitude 145.0
Supplied as: "145"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Sandringham
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Gippsland Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 181539.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4375.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 654.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 165.6 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.8 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 132.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 191.8 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.32 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.72 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.76 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.28 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.98 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.16 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2360001
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.28 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.34 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.86 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 679.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 167.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 143.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 12.899456 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 143.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 70.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 192.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.579166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.925 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.769234 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 370.21774
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.1 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.60400003
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91400003