Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3194
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 |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid | Warning |
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 | Warning |
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Additional political boundaries information
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 |