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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z61927

Material Sample of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2011-07-28
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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 DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z61927
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z61927
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|Blubber, Skin|-196°C
Collector 1.  Department of Sustainability and Environment   2.  Eisner, Wendy  
Supplied as "Anthony (Tony) Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment | Wendy Eisner"
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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 [salvage]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition In collection
State conservation Critically Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 2011-07-28
Supplied date "2011-07-28T00:00:00\2011-07-28T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Balaenopteridae
Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Supplied as Borowski, 1781
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Dream Island
Latitude -38.773
Supplied as: "-38.773"
Longitude 146.337
Supplied as: "146.337"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Dream Island
Min elevation 0
Max elevation 0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Approximation
Georeferenced by Ricky-Lee Erickson - Museums Victoria
Municipality Corner Inlet
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2019-09-30T00:00
Supplied as 2019-09-30T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation type Blubber, Skin
prepared by Dr Karen K. Roberts - Museum Victoria
preservation temperature -196°C

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 1e99b834-127c-4262-8d2b-75c5a7a099ee
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.773,146.337
    Related records
    Record UUID 27c2023c-f911-46a2-b4eb-42ea0d2f1dc6
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.773,146.337
    Record UUID 9a65110c-9328-45a7-865a-558e017b6e2e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.773,146.337

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park
    Directory of Important Wetlands Corner Inlet
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)