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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z12852

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1972-01-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z12852
Other catalog numbers ["1225-74"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:12852
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Marsh, L.M.  
Supplied as "Marsh, L.M."
Individual count 8
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1972-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1972-01-07
Supplied as year:1972  month:1  day:7 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Biscuit Star
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Tosia
Species Tosia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -32.1336
Supplied as: "-32.1336"
Longitude 133.6664
Supplied as: "133.6664"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°08`01"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 133°39`59"E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID b42317f6-5b55-460c-a613-fc022b35f199
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -32.1336,133.6664
    Related records
    Record UUID ed5e1f23-5228-4605-be27-ce41dd88e0bc
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -32.1336,133.6664

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Murat
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 281.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 33.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.75 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 38.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 110.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.175001 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.825 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.8500004 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.424999 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.475 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.375 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5475 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2574999
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.675001 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.725 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.17
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3825