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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H836

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1971-11-06
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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 H836
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0836
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J.R. Penprase
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

Event

Occurrence date 1971-11-06
End day of year 310
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 310

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 Port Arthur: near jetty
Latitude -43.1474148
Supplied as: "-43.1488"
Longitude 147.8459355
Supplied as: "147.8449"
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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    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 5416ad07-90f4-434f-8077-f28aa61d0d56
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata
    Coordinates -43.1474148,147.8459355
    Related records
    Record UUID f377e55f-ea9f-4fa7-873d-c17ef14a7921
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata
    Coordinates -43.1474148,147.8459355
    Record UUID 75cf7164-6ae2-4614-a9e0-62abdc6c2344
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Coscinasterias muricata
    Coordinates -43.1474148,147.8459355

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Port Arthur
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Port Arthur
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Port Arthur
    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
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tasman
    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 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tasman (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tasman
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TASMAN 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) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FORESTIER - TASMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TASMAN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Forestier - Tasman
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tasman
    Postal Areas 2021 7182
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Forestier - Tasman
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    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
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14856.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2691.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 971.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 305.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 203.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 306.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.83
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 815.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 238.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.136008 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 90.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 238.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.891666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.887325 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 267.85202
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.55 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 36.0 m