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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F52344

Preserved specimen of Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 | Octopus recorded on 1984-05-09
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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 Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F52344
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F52344
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|Isopropanol
Identified by M Blackburn  
Sex Unknown
Individual count 2
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number S02/84 81
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, Engels high-lift demersal]
Dataset / Survey name [S02/84]
Date identified 1985

Event

Dataset / Survey name S02/84  
Event ID S02/84 81
Field Number S02/84 81
Occurrence date 1984-05-09
Supplied date "1984-05-09T13:30:00\1984-05-09T14:30:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, Engels high-lift demersal  
End day of year 130
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:30:00\14:30:00
Start day of year 130

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Cirrata | Opisthoteuthidae
Scientific name Opisthoteuthis persephone
Supplied scientific name "Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918"
Identified to rank species
Common name Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Opisthoteuthidae
Genus Opisthoteuthis
Species Opisthoteuthis persephone
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Berry, 1918
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality 90 km west of NW Tasmania
Latitude -40.8967
Supplied as: "-40.8967"
Longitude 143.713
Supplied as: "143.713"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 90 km west of NW Tasmania
Minimum depth in metres 520
Maximum depth in metres 520
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID S02/84 81

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 171.0 frequency
    Species Richness 67.0 frequency