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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:F7223

Preserved specimen of Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) | Thresher Shark recorded on 1982-03-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number F7223
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8780"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations bone
Identified by Glover, C J M  
Collector Elliot, Darcy  
Supplied as "Elliot, Darcy"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:26955
Occurrence date 1982-03-15
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Alopias vulpinus
Supplied scientific name "Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Thresher Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Supplied as "Elasmobranchii"
Order Lamniformes
Family Alopiidae
Genus Alopias
Species Alopias vulpinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -37.17
Supplied as: "-37.17"
Longitude 139.47
Supplied as: "139.47"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 15 miles west of Robe
Minimum depth in metres 46
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 37 10 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 28 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Coorong
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone