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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1627

Preserved specimen of Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Seastar recorded on 1973-11-14
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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 H1627
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1627
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by F.W.E. Rowe  
Collector G. Prestedge
Individual count 1.0
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1981

Event

Occurrence date 1973-11-14
End day of year 318
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 318

Taxonomy

Scientific name Allostichaster polyplax
Original name usage Allostichaster polyplax
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Stichasteridae
Genus Allostichaster
Species Allostichaster polyplax
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Midway Point
Latitude -42.79
Supplied as: "-42.79"
Longitude 147.53
Supplied as: "147.53"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 223745ba-ea2e-4b91-97cf-8e6c2bbd8451
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Allostichaster polyplax
    Coordinates -42.79,147.53
    Related records
    Record UUID 6fa510a5-7282-4f7f-91b2-0c97247a78f7
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Allostichaster polyplax
    Coordinates -42.79,147.53

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Pitt Water
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Pitt Water
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 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 COAL 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 Sorell (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sorell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SORELL - RICHMOND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SORELL - DODGES FERRY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SORELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 34499.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1037.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 495.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 145.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.650001 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.84
    Elevation 15.0 m