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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:E.5368

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number E.5368
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1029163,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:E.5368"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Clark, Dr Hubert Lyman - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University  
Specimen type cited
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

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
Accepted name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.866665
Supplied as: "-42.866665"
Longitude 145.45
Supplied as: "145.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, near Mainwaring Cove (42° 52' S, 145° 27' E), Australia. Commonwealth Fisheries Bureau(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 52' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 27' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Southwest
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Southwest
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Southwest
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian West
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) West
    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 Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH-WEST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Zeehan - Franklin
    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
    Electorates March 2025 Braddon
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WILDERNESS - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Murchison)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Wilderness - West
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7116
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Wilderness - West
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 West Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Leptospermum forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus tall open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 750.0 frequency
    Species Richness 301.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1634.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 513.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 294.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 297.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 513.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 55.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1924.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 586.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 93.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 338.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 22.650131 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 338.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 202.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 590.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.029166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.8083334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.216666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.94601 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 256.16452
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.216666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.45 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.99
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 50.0 m