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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6906

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.6906
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1116119,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:J.6906"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Vail, Dr Lyle L - Australian Museum - Lizard Island Research Station  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1978

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 -41.0
Supplied as: "-41.0"
Longitude 148.35
Supplied as: "148.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Tasmania, Eddystone Point (41° 00' S, 148° 21' E) 28/02/1959 - 28/02/1959
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 41° 00' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 21' " E

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