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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3260

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3260
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:380384"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Gowlett-Holmes, K L  
Collector Gowlett-Holmes, K L
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1991-09-02
Supplied as 2/09/1991

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:29482
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
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Tinderbox
Latitude -43.0342
Supplied as: "-43.0342"
Longitude 147.3323
Supplied as: "147.3323"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43 02 03 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147 19 56 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 KINGSTON COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Kingborough
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Kingborough
    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 Franklin
    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
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Franklin (Huon)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kingborough
    Postal Areas 2021 7054
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart - South and West
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 24769.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2648.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 661.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 178.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 192.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 790.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 214.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 53.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 169.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.713409 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 81.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 225.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.258333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.816667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.3992 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 292.1226
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.1 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 40.0 m