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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:K3339

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number K3339
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:380463"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry Specimen
Identified by Zeidler, W  
Collector Gowlett-Holmes, K L
Individual count 4
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1992-10-

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:29323
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
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Frying Pan Point, Port Arthur
Latitude -43.139
Supplied as: "-43.139"
Longitude 147.8507
Supplied as: "147.8507"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43 08 20 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147 51 03 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tasman
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tasman (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tasman
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TASMAN COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FORESTIER - TASMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TASMAN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Forestier - Tasman
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tasman
    Postal Areas 2021 7182
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Forestier - Tasman
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    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 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14856.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2691.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 953.4 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 297.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 201.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.4 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 201.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 298.2 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.74 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.66 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.42 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.04 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.88 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.12 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.44 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.834
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.88 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.4800005 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.44 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 809.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 236.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 53.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 169.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.015586 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 169.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 236.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.183333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.902096 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 269.06686
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.183333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.5 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.85400003
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0