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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS4522

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2003-12-02
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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 Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number CS4522
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:575821"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks How observed: from air Sighting Note: Whale Survey Sighting # 19 for the day, vessel in transit Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation South Australia: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:210390
Occurrence date 2003-12-02
Verbatim event date Time: CSST
Date precision DAY
Event time 15:06:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -36.0867
Supplied as: "-36.0867"
Longitude 135.6917
Supplied as: "135.6917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Lincoln (PO) | 152.4 km S
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 36 05 12 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 41 30 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID a6a02905-ec52-4023-b9db-27274e94c422
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
    Coordinates -36.0874,135.69232
    Related records
    Record UUID 1f7490e2-74ed-4809-b922-114e5eb4e9db
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Coordinates -36.0867,135.6917

    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 Southern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone