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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H2264

Preserved specimen of Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871 | Northern Pacific Seastar recorded on 1992-10-19
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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 H2264
Occurrence ID TMAG: H2264
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by E. Turner  
Collector E. Turner
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 3 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 [Hand-net]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks collected from sides of dock with hand-net

Event

Occurrence date 1992-10-19
Supplied date "19/10/1992"
Sampling protocol Hand-net  
End day of year 293
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 293

Taxonomy

Scientific name Asterias amurensis
Original name usage Asterias amurensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Northern Pacific Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Asterias
Species Asterias amurensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lütken, 1871
Supplied as Lutkin, 1871
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Hobart: Constitution Dock
Latitude -42.8821176
Supplied as: "-42.8835"
Longitude 147.3369393
Supplied as: "147.3359"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Asterias amurensis

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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 64866b43-7330-4084-afc4-6d1a1b743bfd
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Related records
    Record UUID 7db8472b-d80d-4d86-9b86-9a2a7e1c652f
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Record UUID f6395e58-508c-430f-817b-1aab28d4d217
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393
    Record UUID b495f7bb-7ce1-4235-b233-d5c1bc4c02a7
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Asterias amurensis
    Coordinates -42.8821176,147.3369393

    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
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Hobart
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Clark
    Electorates March 2025 Clark
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hobart (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hobart
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBART CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART INNER
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HOBART
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Clark (Hobart)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Hobart
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hobart
    Postal Areas 2021 7000
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Hobart
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart Inner
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 51618.0 frequency
    Species Richness 5406.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 546.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 159.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 606.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 155.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 124.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 16.02276 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 154.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.241667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.083333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.549454 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 326.03564
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.666667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 2.0 m