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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H318

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1962-12-12
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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 H318
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0318
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector V.V. Hickman
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1962-12-12
End day of year 346
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 346

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Original name usage Tosia australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Supplied as Gray,1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Blackmans Bay: Beach
Latitude -43.0036185
Supplied as: "-43.005"
Longitude 147.3230416
Supplied as: "147.322"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 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) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KINGSTON BEACH - BLACKMANS BAY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - SOUTH AND WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    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) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 24769.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2648.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 690.125 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 183.375 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 147.375 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 157.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 202.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.3375 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.75
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2875 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.175 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6875 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.95 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.4375 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.05 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.5125 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.65 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.8875 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.9 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76625
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99375
    Elevation 102.0 m