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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P24522.001

Preserved specimen of Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) | Basking Shark
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Fish Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number P24522.001
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P24522.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hutchins, J.B.  
Collector Ostle, C.  
Supplied as "Ostle, C."
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [In Killer Whale Gut]
Data generalizations Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Migratory
Date identified 1974-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol In Killer Whale Gut  
Verbatim event date 1973-12-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cetorhinus maximus
Identified to rank species
Common name Basking Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Lamniformes
Family Cetorhinidae
Genus Cetorhinus
Species Cetorhinus maximus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gunnerus, 1765)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -35.3
Supplied as: "-35.3"
Longitude 117.9
Supplied as: "117.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast