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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1750

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1982-12-01
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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 H1750
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1750
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J.R. Penprase
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1982-12-01
End day of year 335
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 335

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 Devonport: Coles Beach
Latitude -41.1785155
Supplied as: "-41.1799"
Longitude 146.339328
Supplied as: "146.3383"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Furneaux
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Flinders
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders
    IBRA 7 Regions Furneaux
    IBRA 7 Subregions Flinders
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MERSEY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Central Coast - Devonport
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Devonport
    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 Braddon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Devonport (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Devonport
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DEVONPORT CITY 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) 3079
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL COAST - DEVONPORT
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MERSEY
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Mersey)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Devonport
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Devonport
    Postal Areas 2021 7310
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Devonport
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Devonport
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 North West
    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 unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14752.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2052.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 905.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 319.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 140.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 319.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 925.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 325.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 30.791927 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 119.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 325.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.9375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.441667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.964016 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 323.95374
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 22.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.983334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 23.0 m