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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160345

Preserved specimen of OCTOPODIDAE | Octopuses recorded on 1989-04-14
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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 F160345
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160345
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Dr Vicki Wadley - CSIRO Marine Research
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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 R4/89/02
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Event ID R4/89/02
Field Number R4/89/02
Occurrence date 1989-04-14
Supplied date "1989-04-14T00:00:00\1989-04-14T00:00:00"
End day of year 104
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 104

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name OCTOPODIDAE
Supplied scientific name "Pteroctopus Fischer, 1882"
Identified to rank family
Supplied as "Genus"
Common name Octopuses
Supplied common name "octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Pteroctopus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Fischer, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Far North West Coast
Latitude -16.9833
Supplied as: "-16.9833"
Longitude 120.25
Supplied as: "120.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Far North West Coast
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 32.0 frequency
    Species Richness 16.0 frequency