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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E23413

Preserved specimen of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 | Southern Ocean Giant Squid recorded on 1999-06-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E23413
Occurrence ID TMAG: E23413
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by M. Baron  
Collector Baron, M.  
Supplied as "M. Baron"
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Trawl]
Dataset / Survey name [AFMA observer invertebrates collection]

Event

Dataset / Survey name AFMA observer invertebrates collection  
Occurrence date 1999-06-14
Supplied date "14/6/1999"
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Architeuthis dux
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Ocean Giant Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Teuthida
Supplied as "Oegopsida"
Family Architeuthidae
Genus Architeuthis
Species Architeuthis dux
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Steenstrup, 1857
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "TAS"
Locality West coast of Tasmania
Latitude -41.7986393
Supplied as: "-41.8"
Longitude 144.1010709
Supplied as: "144.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision 0.1
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Architeuthis dux

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone