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Occurrence record: MIZ:Z12929

Preserved specimen of Tosia australis Gray, 1840 | Biscuit Star recorded on 1972-02-13
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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 Z12929
Other catalog numbers ["1263-74"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MIZ:12929
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Marsh, L.M.  
Collector WA Shell Club
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)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1972-01-01

Event

Occurrence date 1972-02-13
Supplied as year:1972  month:2  day:13 
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 -32.1377
Supplied as: "-32.1377"
Longitude 115.7439
Supplied as: "115.7439"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to gEarth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°08`16"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°44`38"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 86a22193-bf3c-4a0e-88f0-d7619a9fc816
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -32.1377,115.7439
    Related records
    Record UUID c77fba00-cd7d-4dd9-b252-5cc2ff29b1a2
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -32.1377,115.7439
    Record UUID ef0b2a73-7661-4042-bbfa-a57f9e396014
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -32.1377,115.7439

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 163.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 67.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 28.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.17
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.06
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.1