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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z12818

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1974-03-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "MIZ"
Catalog number Z12818
Other catalog numbers ["1233-74"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:12818
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1/1/1974
Collector 1.  , S.M.   2.  Wilson   3.  , B.R.  
Supplied as "Slack-Smith, S.M. & Wilson, B.R."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1974-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/1974

Event

Occurrence date 1974-03-14
Supplied date "14/3/1974"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name 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
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -32.2027
Supplied as: "-32.2027"
Longitude 115.7456
Supplied as: "115.7456"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°12`10"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°44`44"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)