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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H2319

Preserved specimen of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 | Eleven-armed Seastar recorded on 1993-08-07
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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 H2319
Occurrence ID TMAG: H2319
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector J. Poke
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1993-08-07
End day of year 219
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 219

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coscinasterias muricata
Original name usage Coscinasterias muricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Eleven-armed Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Genus Coscinasterias
Species Coscinasterias muricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Verrill, 1867
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Smithton: Duck River mouth
Latitude -40.838
Supplied as: "-40.838"
Longitude 145.123
Supplied as: "145.123"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) King
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) King
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SMITHTON-BURNIE COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Circular Head (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Circular Head
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CIRCULAR HEAD COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SMITHTON
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Circular Head
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8552.0 frequency
    Species Richness 957.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1030.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 366.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 147.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 367.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 52.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1110.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 383.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 33.023087 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 138.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 384.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.904166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.957832 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 273.88998
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0