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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H1299

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1968-04-14
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number H1299
Occurrence ID TMAG: H1299
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A.J. Dartnall
Individual count 1.0
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1968-04-14
End day of year 105
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 105

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Original name usage 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
Supplied as Gray,1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Latitude -42.5819
Supplied as: "-42.5819"
Longitude 148.0604
Supplied as: "148.0604"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID be6d1a03-d1d4-4251-bbf6-f92f01cbad8f
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia australis
    Coordinates -42.5819,148.0604
    Related records
    Record UUID bfed5801-1458-4647-81aa-009b109fda51
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tosia australis
    Coordinates -42.5819,148.0604

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Maria Island
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Maria Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Maria Island
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 18378.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1378.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 623.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 156.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 136.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 158.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 182.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.97
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.1 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.67
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.93