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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H152

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1965-02-16
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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 H152
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0152
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J.F. Greenhill
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks in midlittoral rock pool

Event

Occurrence date 1965-02-16
Supplied date "16/02/1965"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 47
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 47

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Original name usage Coscinasterias muricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Lauderdale: Bambra Reef
Latitude -42.8942
Supplied as: "-42.8942"
Longitude 147.5018
Supplied as: "147.5018"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Coscinasterias muricata

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 5acc3df4-851a-4f09-afd8-96f7c33a4ca3
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata
    Coordinates -42.8942,147.5018
    Related records
    Record UUID 3e38256d-584c-4461-b305-f9fe5d03fb3a
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata
    Coordinates -42.8942,147.5018

    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
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) RUMNEY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 25205.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1849.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 534.8 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.2 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 111.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 133.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 152.2 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.84 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.2
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.76 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.54 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.12 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.72 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.22 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.78 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.34 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.12 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.612
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.892
    Elevation 61.0 m