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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z12920

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1959-01-01
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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 Z12920
Other catalog numbers ["43-71"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:12920
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Identified date 1/1/1959
Collector Wilson, B.R.  
Supplied as "Wilson, B.R."
Individual count 1
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)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1959-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/1959

Event

Occurrence date 1959-01-01
Supplied date "1/1/1959"
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 -33.9447
Supplied as: "-33.9447"
Longitude 120.1261
Supplied as: "120.1261"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°56`41"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 120°07`34"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 7827b02a-07f0-4a9c-8941-e0a21689d09d
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.9447,120.1261
    Related records
    Record UUID a35c0f63-29cb-40f7-9a41-084f5d166115
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.9447,120.1261
    Record UUID e76c3785-0bb1-449d-8dfa-ee02ef992bd7
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.9447,120.1261
    Record UUID b2fd42d6-0826-4905-9537-c3cc79bf80b3
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.9447,120.1261

    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Recherche
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ESPERANCE COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Ravensthorpe (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ravensthorpe
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 622
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 496.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 182.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 70.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 191.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.6375 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.38
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.76
    Elevation 34.0 m