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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H2307

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1993-09-11
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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 H2307
Occurrence ID TMAG: H2307
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by C.J. Materia  
Collector C.J. Materia
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1993

Event

Occurrence date 1993-09-11
Supplied date "11/09/1993"
End day of year 254
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 254

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Original name usage Tosia magnifica
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)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Howden: Powder Jetty: salmon farm
Latitude -43.048619
Supplied as: "-43.05"
Longitude 147.3010427
Supplied as: "147.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Verbatim locality Howden: Powder Jetty:
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

coordinate uncer 10000
individua 1
verbatim identification Tosia magnifica

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 24769.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2648.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 666.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 176.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 196.0 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) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.6 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) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 661.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 174.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 46.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 143.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.821118 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 147.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 189.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.820833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.033334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.558333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.34314 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 299.12338
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 11.0 m