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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z12951

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1986-02-06
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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 Z12951
Other catalog numbers ["358-86"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:12951
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector Rogers, M.  
Supplied as "Rogers, M."
Individual count 3
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1986-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1986-02-06
Supplied as year:1986  month:2  day:6 
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 -33.8533
Supplied as: "-33.8533"
Longitude 121.9058
Supplied as: "121.9058"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°51`12"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121°54`21"E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID c58c4035-fdf1-4464-9a67-f93c6d4ead71
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.8533,121.9058
    Related records
    Record UUID de4cad81-d3e3-4e07-aba8-237fc9de82d0
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.8533,121.9058

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 607.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 263.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 67.75 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 53.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 75.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 265.25 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.775 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.675 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.924999 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.225 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.025 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.545 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.055
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.275 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.625 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.125 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.4625
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9275
    Elevation 5.0 m