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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.40504.012

Preserved specimen of Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) | Scalloped Hammerhead recorded on 1997-02-23
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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.40504.012
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8142825","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.40504.012"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.40504.012
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "A";
Identified by Chan, R  
Identified date 1997
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 6 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Conservation Dependent
Date identified 1997
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8033849
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "2";
Occurrence date 1997-02-23
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sphyrna lewini
Supplied scientific name "Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Scalloped Hammerhead
Supplied common name "Scalloped Hammerhead Shark"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Sphyrnidae
Genus Sphyrna
Species Sphyrna lewini
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Scientific name authorship (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Griffith & Smith, 1834)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.733
Supplied as: "-32.733"
Longitude 152.15
Supplied as: "152.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Nelson Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.40504] Australia, New South Wales, Nelson Bay (32° 44' S, 152° 09' E) 23/02/1997 - 23/02/1997, Chan, R(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 44' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 9' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/11/19
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/11/19
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 08f4b904-867e-4bf5-85a7-8164efd44430
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Related records
    Record UUID f4ffbaf6-17e8-4d45-a997-fb04b530d565
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Record UUID 380c7e84-846a-4c9d-8797-3c1a9903aeaf
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Record UUID d7ecd3c4-8ff7-4009-82e5-0df08a494adb
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Record UUID 254c6873-0433-4c72-9b99-d40245932219
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Record UUID 16deb026-05fc-4cae-a941-23654280dc4b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15
    Record UUID e4622496-4d4a-4bae-a65f-1c718069f778
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
    Coordinates -32.733,152.15

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karuah Manning
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KARUAH RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Stephens (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Stephens
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3337
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NELSON BAY PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUNTER VALLEY EXC NEWCASTLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PATERSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PORT STEPHENS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT STEPHENS - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus tall open forest with a fine-leaved shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1340.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 319.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 237.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 323.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 450.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.21
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.9125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 5.0 m