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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:E.1279

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 E.1279
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1112877","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:E.1279"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:E.1279
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Clark, Dr Hubert Lyman - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University  
Collector FIS "Endeavour", 1909-1914
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1009738
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 New South Wales
Latitude -32.683
Supplied as: "-32.683"
Longitude 152.066
Supplied as: "152.066"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality south east coast
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, south east coast (32° 41' S, 152° 04' E)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 41' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 4' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/1/24
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/1/24
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty >100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Gir-um-bit
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Gir-um-bit
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Gir-um-bit
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) NSW North Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Karuah Manning
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hunter
    RAMSAR wetland regions Myall Lakes
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Myall Lakes
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karuah Manning
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KARUAH RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Great Lakes
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bulahdelah
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyne
    Local Government Areas 2011 Great Lakes (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Great Lakes
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MID-COAST COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 20
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1861
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TEA GARDENS - HAWKS NEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUNTER VALLEY EXC NEWCASTLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREAT LAKES
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULAHDELAH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Port Stephens
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Mid-Coast
    Postal Areas 2021 2324
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10603112402
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Port Stephens
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hunter Valley exc Newcastle
    Tourism Regions 2021 North Coast NSW
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 29370.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1512.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1281.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 301.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 219.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 331.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 427.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 33.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.28
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1249.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 302.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 69.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 228.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 24.509785 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 300.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 145.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 396.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.283334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.018517 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 370.8794
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 22.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.633333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 53.0 m