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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z75239

Material Sample of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2021-12-06
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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 Z75239
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z75239
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|Blubber|ethanol 96%|-196°C
Identified by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Identified date 06/12/2021
Collector Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Supplied as "Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)"
Sex Unknown
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 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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Disposition In collection
State conservation Victoria: Critically Endangered
Supplied as Critically Endangered
Date identified 2021-12-06
Supplied as 06/12/2021

Event

Occurrence date 2021-12-06
Supplied date "2021-12-06T00:00:00\2021-12-06T00:00:00"
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 Seaspray, Ninety Mile Beach
Latitude -38.37
Supplied as: "-38.37"
Longitude 147.18
Supplied as: "147.18"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Seaspray, Ninety Mile Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 96%
preparation type Blubber
prepared by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)
preservation date begin 2022-02-24T00:00:00
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type ethanol 96%

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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 098cb97b-2ccf-4b7e-9482-69305bf9a653
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Related records
    Record UUID 5e65a257-55f4-4931-9b4e-1e8eebd0992c
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID e3ea87b8-2ccf-436d-85e0-0da60dfed3fb
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID ed298b2d-ef92-4caf-a9de-48accf961ae3
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 27a1bd17-ff1d-46b9-91c9-f8d281f3088f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 31a9a40b-becb-418a-8cc4-d2951c00720a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 7df3cef1-3346-4e23-a373-1305486f6f09
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID cb61c0ae-bb9e-455f-a347-dc80c609d843
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 5a734f04-b2a8-44c5-9f7e-2b5e541f0ab1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 8e84b4d1-4dd2-4cad-bfe3-2cb8bac513e8
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18
    Record UUID 57eaf861-34b9-40df-afd0-ac5bba34a582
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.37,147.18

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH GIPPSLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wellington (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wellington - Rosedale
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WELLINGTON SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 20
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1929
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LONGFORD - LOCH SPORT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WELLINGTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LATROBE - GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WELLINGTON (VIC.)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EASTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 607.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 172.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.35 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 16.0 m