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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8565

Preserved specimen of Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842) | Biscuit Star
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number J.8565
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1049670,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.8565"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Cannon, C J  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1974

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tosia magnifica
Supplied scientific name "Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)"
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
Accepted name Tosia magnifica (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -43.25
Supplied as: "-43.25"
Longitude 147.26666
Supplied as: "147.26666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, 1.6 km west of Simpsons Point, d'Entrecastenaux Channel (43° 15' S, 147° 16' E) 23/03/1970 - 23/03/1970
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43° 15' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 16' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Central Channel
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Central Channel
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Central Channel
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Central Channel
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4638.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1263.0 frequency