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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H3253

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star recorded on 1993-10-26
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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 H3253
Occurrence ID TMAG: H3253
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by E. Turner  
Collector E. Turner
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Dredge trawl (5 minutes)]
Occurrence remarks Bycatch from dredge field trip from Triabunna to Hobart docks in Oct.1993, funded by a grant from Australian Nature Conservation Agency to investige the introduced seastar Asterias amurensis.

Event

Occurrence date 1993-10-26
Sampling protocol Dredge trawl (5 minutes)  
End day of year 299
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 299

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Original name usage 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 Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey stn 29
Latitude -43.0376182
Supplied as: "-43.039"
Longitude 147.3820412
Supplied as: "147.381"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 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
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 24769.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2648.0 frequency