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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11399

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.11399
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1036929,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11399"]
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 Tasmania
Latitude -40.716667
Supplied as: "-40.716667"
Longitude 145.25
Supplied as: "145.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, West Point (40° 43' S, 145° 15' E) 09/12/1977 - 09/12/1977
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 40° 43' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 15' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Boags
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bass Strait Shelf Province
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9029.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1277.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1020.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 361.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 141.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 34.859047 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 141.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 361.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.1125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.608333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.404762 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 273.8374
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %