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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160106

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1983-06-30
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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 F160106
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160106
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria  
Identified date 1992
Collector CSIRO Division of Fisheries  
Supplied as "CSIRO Division of Fisheries"
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 NWA 193
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, beam]
Dataset / Survey name [NWA]
Date identified 1992

Event

Dataset / Survey name NWA  
Event ID NWA 193
Field Number NWA 193
Occurrence date 1983-06-30
Supplied date "1983-06-30T07:53:00\1983-06-30T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, beam  
Date precision DAY
Event time 07:53:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Inciraiata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Supplied common name "octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Latitude -19.0767
Supplied as: "-19.0767"
Longitude 118.965
Supplied as: "118.965"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Minimum depth in metres 81
Maximum depth in metres 82
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID NWA 193

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Northwest Shelf
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone