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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9506

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 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.9506
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1116457","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9506"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.9506
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
Collector 1.  Ponder, F. Winston   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Malacology  
Supplied as "Ponder, Dr Winston F. - Australian Museum - Malacology"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1975

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1007521
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Supplied scientific name "Tosia australis Gray, 1840"
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Supplied common name "Biscuit Sea Star"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Tosia australis Gray, 1840
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gray, 1840

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -43.316
Supplied as: "-43.316"
Longitude 147.166
Supplied as: "147.166"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, D'Entrecasteaux Channel (43° 19' S, 147° 10' E)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43° 19' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 10' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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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
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1316.0 frequency
    Species Richness 409.0 frequency