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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.2935

Preserved specimen of Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
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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 Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number P.2935
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1059018,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.2935"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by McCulloch, Allan Riverstone - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Specimen type cited
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks Raised to full species status by Harvey, 1922.

Event

Identification remarks Raised to full species status by Harvey, 1922.
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Coenobita variabilis
Supplied scientific name "Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Coenobitidae
Genus Coenobita
Species Coenobita variabilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
Scientific name authorship McCulloch, 1909
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to McCulloch, 1909

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -9.933333
Supplied as: "-9.933333"
Longitude 144.06667
Supplied as: "144.06667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Murray Island (9° 56' S, 144° 04' E) 1907 - 1907
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 09° 56' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 04' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Cape Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Cape Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7281.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2535.0 frequency