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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F74482

Preserved specimen of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 | Southern Ocean Giant Squid recorded on 1996-03-22
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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 F74482
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F74482
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|formalin 4%, buffered with borax|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria  
Collector C Shearer
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Date identified 2013

Event

Occurrence date 1996-03-22
Supplied date "1996-03-22T00:00:00\1996-03-22T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
End day of year 82
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 82

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Teuthida | Oegopsida | Architeuthidae
Scientific name Architeuthis dux
Supplied scientific name "Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Ocean Giant Squid
Supplied common name "Giant squid"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Oegopsida
Supplied as "Teuthida"
Family Architeuthidae
Genus Architeuthis
Species Architeuthis dux
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Steenstrup, 1857
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Off W coast, halfway between Macquarie Harbour and Port Davey
Latitude -42.9
Supplied as: "-42.9"
Longitude 145.0
Supplied as: "145"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off W coast, halfway between Macquarie Harbour and Port Davey
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 458
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 45.0 frequency
    Species Richness 36.0 frequency