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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8971

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 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 J.8971
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1049956,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8971"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Rowe, Dr Frank W.E. - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1975

Event

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
Accepted name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.866665
Supplied as: "-42.866665"
Longitude 147.61667
Supplied as: "147.61667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, Roches Beach, rocky outcrop (42° 52' S, 147° 37' E) 02/12/1974 - 02/12/1974
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42° 52' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 37' " E

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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 Sorell
    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
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sorell (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sorell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL 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) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DODGES FERRY - LEWISHAM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SORELL - DODGES FERRY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SORELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Sorell
    Postal Areas 2021 7173
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Sorell - Dodges Ferry
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Casuarina Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Casuarina and Allocasuarina forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6903.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1143.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 555.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 144.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 155.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 582.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 147.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 38.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 123.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.349185 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 152.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 61.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.066667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.55866 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 323.1169
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.033333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.63
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 9.0 m