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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.5803

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 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 J.5803
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1047905,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.5803"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
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 Victoria
Latitude -38.15
Supplied as: "-38.15"
Longitude 144.86667
Supplied as: "144.86667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip Bay (38° 09' S, 144° 52' E), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 09' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 52' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    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
    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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2759.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1198.0 frequency