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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H4643

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) recorded on 2024-02-12
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Dataset

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 H4643
Occurrence ID TMAG: H4643
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by K.M. Moore  
Collector E. Field
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Occurrence remarks on beach
Date identified 2024-03-05
Supplied as 5/03/2024

Event

Occurrence date 2024-02-12
Supplied date "12/02/2024"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 43
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 43

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias calamaria
Original name usage Coscinasterias calamaria
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias calamaria
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1840)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Seven Mile Beach
Latitude -42.84
Supplied as: "-42.84"
Longitude 147.55
Supplied as: "147.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Seven Mile Beach
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Coscinasterias calamaria

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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
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Clarence
    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 Franklin
    Electorates March 2025 Franklin
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence
    Local Government Areas 2023 Clarence
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAMBRIDGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Franklin (Rumney)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cambridge
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Postal Areas 2021 7170
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cambridge
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart - North East
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt low open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 25205.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1849.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 512.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 126.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 106.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.75 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 147.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.824999 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.75 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.45 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.025 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.85 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.525 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0574999
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.475 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 529.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 129.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 33.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 109.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 16.825226 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 143.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 58.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 158.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.391666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.283334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.340866 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 322.86948
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.733334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.8625
    Elevation 2.0 m