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

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1977-12-09
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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"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.11399
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Short, C.  
Supplied as "Short, C."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1036495
Occurrence date 1977-12-09
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Muller & 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 (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Muller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -40.716
Supplied as: "-40.716"
Longitude 145.25
Supplied as: "145.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality West Point
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Tasmania, West Point (40° 43' S, 145° 15' E) 09/12/1977 - 09/12/1977";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 40° 43' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 15' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/3/18
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 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
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)