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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H2225

Preserved specimen of Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871 | Northern Pacific Seastar recorded on 1992-02-19
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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 H2225
Occurrence ID TMAG: H2225
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by E. Turner  
Collector P. Rycroft
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Occurrence remarks washed up on beach

Event

Occurrence date 1992-02-19
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 50
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 50

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 Clarence: Howrah: beach
Latitude -42.888617
Supplied as: "-42.89"
Longitude 147.4110383
Supplied as: "147.41"
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

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE 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) HOWRAH - TRANMERE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PEMBROKE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Clarence
    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 woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 27465.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2067.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 546.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 157.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 585.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 37.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 120.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 16.578068 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 153.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 175.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.0875 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.033334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.141666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.506443 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 320.4693
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.916667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.416666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.63
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 10.0 m