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Occurrence record: invertebrates:H176

Preserved specimen of Allostichaster polyplax (Müller & Troschel, 1844) | Seastar recorded on 1965-06-30
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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 H176
Occurrence ID TMAG: H0176
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector L. Crofts
Individual count 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1965-06-30
End day of year 181
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 181

Taxonomy

Scientific name Allostichaster polyplax
Original name usage Allostichaster polyplax
Identified to rank species
Common name Seastar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Stichasteridae
Genus Allostichaster
Species Allostichaster polyplax
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Supplied as (Muller & Troschel,1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Dunalley (unlocalised)
Latitude -42.889
Supplied as: "-42.889"
Longitude 147.814
Supplied as: "147.814"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 13780.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1316.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 705.375 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 195.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 160.125 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 12.625 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 167.75 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.375 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 200.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.4375 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.125 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.4125 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.725 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9375 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3375 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.925 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.515 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.94624996
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.900001 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.45 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.216666 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.755
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99125004
    Elevation 16.0 m