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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H993

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1969-04-24
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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 H993
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0993
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Collector not recorded
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1969-04-24
End day of year 114
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 114

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Original name usage Tosia magnifica
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia magnifica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality D'Entrecasteaux Channel: between Simpsons Point and Gordon
Latitude -43.2586205
Supplied as: "-43.26"
Longitude 147.2910463
Supplied as: "147.29"
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
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Simpsons Point
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Simpsons Point
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Simpsons Point
    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 Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KINGSTON COAST
    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 Kingborough (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kingborough
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1297
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRUNY ISLAND - KETTERING
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HUON - BRUNY ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kingborough
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4638.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1263.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 870.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 259.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.333333 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 177.33333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.666667 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 181.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 261.66666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.833333 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.333332
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.699999 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.099999 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.033334 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51666665 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.89666665
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.033334 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 766.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 218.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 52.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 164.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.051984 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 164.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 79.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 218.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.999999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.270832 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 283.54092
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 7.866667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84666663
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0