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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H416

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1967-04-19
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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 H416
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0416
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J. George
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1967-04-19
End day of year 109
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 109

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 Taroona Beach
Latitude -42.9529
Supplied as: "-42.9529"
Longitude 147.3499
Supplied as: "147.3499"
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

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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
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kingborough
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 64416.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4767.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 710.1667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 187.33333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.166667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 152.66667 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.666667 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 165.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 204.66667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.116667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.650001 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.5166667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.85 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.05 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.216666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.50666666 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0433333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.35 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.466666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.333333 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 638.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 134.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.034155 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 150.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 64.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 185.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.908334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.183333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.316667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.800396 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 295.74124
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.966667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99833333
    Elevation 24.0 m