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Occurrence record: ANFC:A 1673

Preserved specimen of Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) | Shortfin Worm Eel recorded on 1958-04-08
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number A 1673
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:A 1673
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by J Pogonoski  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2011-02-18
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 1958-04-08
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scolecenchelys australis
Supplied scientific name "Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shortfin Worm Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Ophichthidae
Genus Scolecenchelys
Species Scolecenchelys australis
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282707
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1881)
Supplied as (MacLeay, 1881)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Supplied as: "NSW"
Locality Gunnamatta Bay, Port Hacking
Latitude -34.05
Supplied as: "-34.05"
Longitude 151.16667
Supplied as: "151.16667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (151.16667 -34.05000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1152.3334 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 257.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 209.83333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 315.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.333334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 373.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 36.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.983334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.483334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.016666 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.016666 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.516667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2483333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.316666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.483334 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7833333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0