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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1699

Preserved specimen of Antedon loveni Bell, 1882 | Feather Star recorded on 1972-12-31
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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 H1699
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1699
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by F.W.E. Rowe  
Collector J.R. Penprase
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1981

Event

Occurrence date 1972-12-31
Supplied date "31/12/1972"
End day of year 366
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 366

Taxonomy

Scientific name Antedon loveni
Original name usage Antedon loveni
Identified to rank species
Common name Feather Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Antedonidae
Genus Antedon
Species Antedon loveni
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Bell, 1882
Supplied as Bell,1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Port Arthur: off Point Puer: near Isle of the Dead
Latitude -43.15
Supplied as: "-43.15"
Longitude 147.86
Supplied as: "147.86"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Port Arthur: off Point Puer: near Isle of the Dead
Coordinate precision 1.0e-03
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Antedon loveni

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14856.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2691.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 971.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 306.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.333334 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 307.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.566667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.833333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0666666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.0666666 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.6 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0