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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H4625

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 2007-01-03
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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 H4625
Occurrence ID TMAG: H4625
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by F. McEnnulty  
Collector F. McEnnulty
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Date identified 2007-01

Event

Occurrence date 2007-01-03
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 3
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 3

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Original name usage Coscinasterias muricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Kingston Beach: South end_ECH005
Latitude -42.9843
Supplied as: "-42.9843"
Longitude 147.3252
Supplied as: "147.3252"
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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    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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kingborough
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 64416.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4767.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 635.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 165.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 146.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 186.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 644.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 163.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 43.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 137.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.894852 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 148.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 187.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.7093 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 302.00092
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.066667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 169.0 m