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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3194

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2009-03-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number CS3194
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574493"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 3
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 12.5 nm (23.15 km) from shore. approx. 100 m from observer. How observed: from PIRSA boat FPV 'Southern Ranger' Social group: grouped Sighting Note: A smaller animal being playful with distinctive scar/mark on the body. Images at South Australian Museum: yes
State conservation Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209369
Occurrence date 2009-03-25
Date precision DAY
Event time 07:55:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -38.2667
Supplied as: "-38.2667"
Longitude 140.9647
Supplied as: "140.9647"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port MacDonnell (PO) | approx. 33 km SE (= 12.5 nm offshore, SA/VIC border)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 38 16 00 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 57 53 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway