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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H671

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1973-03-27
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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 H671
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0671
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector D. Milledge
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1973-03-27
End day of year 86
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 86

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia australis
Original name usage 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
Supplied as Gray,1840
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Flinders Island: Samphire Island
Latitude -40.2229
Supplied as: "-40.2229"
Longitude 148.2137
Supplied as: "148.2137"
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
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Unnamed (Badger Corner)
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Unnamed (Badger Corner)
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Unnamed (Badger Corner)
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 FLINDERS COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7117.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1261.0 frequency