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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P32350.001

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) | Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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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 Fish Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number P32350.001
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P32350.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations dry
Identified by Moore, G.I.  
Identified date 1/1/2003
Collector 1.  Fromont   2.  , J.   3.  Marsh   4.  , L.  
Supplied as "Fromont, J. & Marsh, L."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Sled]
Date identified 2003-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2003

Event

Event ID AIM-02-009
Sampling protocol Sled  
Verbatim event date 25/3/2002
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus longimanus
Identified to rank species
Common name Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus longimanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Poey, 1861)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -21.471944
Supplied as: "-21.471944"
Longitude 113.999444
Supplied as: "113.999444"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 440
Maximum depth in metres 460
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Location according to GPS
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 21°28.19`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°59`58"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone