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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E21204

Preserved specimen of Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 | Glass Squid recorded on 1991-09-03
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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 E21204
Occurrence ID TMAG: E21204
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by T.J. Verhoeff  
Collector CSIRO
Individual count 1
Life stage juvenile
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [EZ net]
Date identified 2021-02-23
Supplied as 23/02/2021

Event

Occurrence date 1991-09-03
Supplied date "3/09/1991"
Sampling protocol EZ net  
End day of year 246
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 246

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cranchia scabra
Original name usage Cranchia scabra
Identified to rank species
Common name Glass Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Oegopsida
Family Cranchiidae
Genus Cranchia
Species Cranchia scabra
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Leach, 1817
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Indian Ocean: 75km SW of Dongara_stn SS199103_056
Latitude -29.7047
Supplied as: "-29.7047"
Longitude 114.25
Supplied as: "114.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Indian Ocean: 75km SW of Dongara_stn SS199103_056
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Cranchia scabra

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Direction Bank
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Western Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Geraldton
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 72.0 frequency
    Species Richness 55.0 frequency