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Occurrence record: MO:S115700

Preserved specimen of Euprymna tasmanica (Steenstrup, 1887) | Southern Bobtail Squid
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S115700
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:115700
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Whisson, C.S.  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M., Marsh, L. & Bryce, C.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Dredge]
Date identified 2004-01-01

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1981, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1981 
Sampling protocol Dredge  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Euprymna tasmanica
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bobtail Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiolida
Supplied as "Sepiida"
Family Sepiolidae
Genus Euprymna
Species Euprymna tasmanica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Steenstrup, 1887)
Supplied as (Pfeffer, 1884)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -25.9233
Supplied as: "-25.9233"
Longitude 113.5167
Supplied as: "113.5167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation -1
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to label
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25°55.4`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°31`E

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Shark Bay
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Shark Bay
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Western Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shark Bay
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4058.0 frequency
    Species Richness 964.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 207.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 86.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 120.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.349998 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.24
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 221.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 108.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 78.55196 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 33.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 43.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 125.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.933332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.433333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.816668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.135567 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 406.3101
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 17.966667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.12
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.35
    Elevation 2.0 m