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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:ZI1865

Machine observation of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 2011-02-18
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number ZI1865
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:MachineObservation:ZI1865
Record type Machine observation
Supplied basis "MachineObservation"
Identified by Blair Patullo - Museums Victoria  
Collector Dr Mark D Norman - Museums Victoria
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type StillImage
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset name / Survey name [Visual Survey of Australian Underwater Fauna]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name Visual Survey of Australian Underwater Fauna  
Occurrence date 2011-02-18
Supplied date "2011-02-18T11:00:00\2011-02-18T13:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
End day of year 49
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:00:00\13:00:00
Start day of year 49

Taxonomy

Higher classification Echinodermata | Asterozoa | Asteroidea | Valvatacea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae
Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)"
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)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Westernport, Tortoise Head Channel
Latitude -38.4
Supplied as: "-38.4"
Longitude 145.28
Supplied as: "145.28"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Westernport, Tortoise Head Channel
Minimum depth in metres 5
Maximum depth in metres 10
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol estimated
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2012-08-08T00:00
Supplied as 2012-08-08T00:00:00
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 2186e727-7b4d-486d-a1c4-20021199d984
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    Coordinates -38.4,145.28
    Related records
    Record UUID 61e6e910-5277-4d15-b1ab-c4ff43f01d0e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    Coordinates -38.4,145.28
    Record UUID 84012617-aee6-4089-a774-56f33c86d04e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    Coordinates -38.4,145.28
    Record UUID bf109840-4f97-44fb-bc1a-56836bab0781
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    Coordinates -38.4,145.28

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Western Port
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Victorian Embayments
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bass Strait Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Electorates March 2025 Flinders
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated French Island
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 27702.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2068.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 781.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 238.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 239.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 808.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 236.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 20.708347 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 82.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 243.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.104167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.066667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.7916665 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 44.52381 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 328.61594
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.766667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 7.0 m