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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.47371.001

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) | Galapagos Shark recorded on 2017-08-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.47371.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2357088","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.47371.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.47371.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Swp 2017 Ichthyology Team  
Identified date 2017-8
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [hook and line]
Date identified 2017-08
Supplied as 2017-8
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "specimen returned to ocean";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1247196
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "specimen returned to ocean";
Occurrence date 2017-08-02
Sampling protocol hook and line  
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:30

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus galapagensis
Supplied scientific name "Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Galapagos Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus galapagensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
Scientific name authorship (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)

Geospatial

Country New Caledonia
Latitude -22.34405
Supplied as: "-22.34405"
Longitude 171.34302
Supplied as: "171.34302"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Matthew Island, North West
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.47371] New Caledonia, Matthew Island, North West (22° 20' 39" S, 171° 20' 35" E) 02/08/2017 - 02/08/2017, Duffy, Dr Clinton A J - Department of Conservation(Collector), Struthers, Mr Carl - Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa - Ichthyology(Collect";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 22° 20' 38.6" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code NC
Verbatim longitude 171° 20' 34.9" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/11/16
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/11/16
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %