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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.128825.001

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1939-04-10
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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 Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.128825.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10481234","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.128825.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.128825.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by Allan, J.  
Collector Csiro  
Supplied as "CSIRO"
Specimen type cited: Octopus tetricus? Gould, 1852 : Octopodidae : : Cephalopoda : Mollusca;cited: Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 : Octopodidae : : Cephalopoda : Mollusca
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1945
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10054043
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999";
Occurrence date 1939-04-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus ? tetricus Gould, 1852
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1852
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -40.633
Supplied as: "-40.633"
Longitude 147.95
Supplied as: "147.95"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bass Strait, Flinders Group, near Cape Barren Is
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 24724] Australia, Tasmania, Bass Strait, Flinders Group, near Cape Barren Is (40° 38' 00" S, 147° 57' 00" E) 10/04/1939 - 10/04/1939, CSIRO(Collector), FRV "Warreen". Plankton net.";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 40° 38' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 57' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/5/4
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/5/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
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