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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:15:255

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1991-04-18
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:15:255
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1991-04-18
Supplied date "4/18/1991"
End day of year 108
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 108

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
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)
Supplied as Muller & Troschel, 1842
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Esperance Point
Habitat rocky bottom
Latitude -43.33332
Supplied as: "-43.33332"
Longitude 147.08332
Supplied as: "147.08332"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Depth 13

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    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2694.0 frequency
    Species Richness 969.0 frequency