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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C39956

Preserved specimen of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2018-05-26
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number C39956
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C39956
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Tissue|Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Supplied as "Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)"
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 4 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 2018-05-26
Supplied date "2018-05-26T00:00:00\2018-05-26T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Balaenopteridae
Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Yambuk Coastal Reserve
Latitude -38.2626
Supplied as: "-38.2626"
Longitude 141.855
Supplied as: "141.855"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Yambuk Coastal Reserve
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Georeference protocol data provided with specimen(s)
Georeferenced by Ricky-Lee Erickson - Museums Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2018-10-17T00:00
Supplied as 2018-10-17T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 02c6cdae-ee18-4316-8738-68fa79b4feae
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.2626,141.855
    Related records
    Record UUID 8cae3cfe-0744-4a56-a632-44e1ccb96f47
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.2626,141.855
    Record UUID 55b52b28-f72e-45ff-93f3-7e79082ba733
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.2626,141.855
    Record UUID 93e051fb-cf64-4606-b149-b5b0767143ee
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.2626,141.855
    Record UUID dece8b5d-2de4-44cc-bc0d-ba80b143d2e1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
    Coordinates -38.2626,141.855

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunditj Mirring and State of Victoria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gunditjmara - Part A
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 710.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 265.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 94.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 94.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 265.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.175 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.025 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.575001 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.35 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.875 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.875 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.625 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 8.0 m