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Occurrence record: invertebrates:K5634

Preserved specimen of Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) recorded on 2023-01-14
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Dataset

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 K5634
Occurrence ID TMAG: K5634
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by N. Wilson  
Collector N. Wilson
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
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2023-01-14
Supplied as 14/01/2023

Event

Occurrence date 2023-01-14
Supplied date "14/01/2023"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 14
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 14

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physalia physalis
Original name usage Physalia physalis
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa
Order Siphonophorae
Family Physaliidae
Genus Physalia
Species Physalia physalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Latitude -41.8639
Supplied as: "-41.8639"
Longitude 148.28
Supplied as: "148.28"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Bicheno: Redbill Beach
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Physalia physalis

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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 8939e82a-f127-4751-86f9-987600e82b74
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physalia physalis
    Coordinates -41.8639,148.28
    Related records
    Record UUID fe8fcaf3-e0e1-44f5-bb77-ed7cf9e69930
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physalia physalis
    Coordinates -41.8639,148.28
    Record UUID c44b6929-7bb1-427a-a2c3-483b8dfa0e67
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physalia physalis
    Coordinates -41.8639,148.28
    Record UUID fe4a362b-46ee-4543-a0b6-db90c4388fad
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physalia physalis
    Coordinates -41.8639,148.28
    Record UUID b2f1bb14-8f48-45cb-bfab-fc9f81d4d8a6
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physalia physalis
    Coordinates -41.8639,148.28

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions South East
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Glamorgan - Spring Day
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas 2025 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TRIABUNNA - BICHENO
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLAMORGAN - SPRING DAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7215
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 East Coast
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6192.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1560.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 800.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 181.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 176.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 246.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 717.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 176.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 38.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 163.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 19.262201 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 84.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 221.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.7125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 9.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.472225 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 301.89645
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 15.216666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 50.0 m