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Occurrence record: Reptile:R02542

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis curtus (Shaw, 1802) | Spine-bellied Seasnake recorded on 1976-08-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R02542
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R02542
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.W. Wells  
Identified date 1976
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1976

Event

Occurrence date 1976-08-15
Supplied as year:1976  month:8  day:15 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis curtus
Identified to rank species
Common name Spine-bellied Seasnake
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Supplied as "Serpentes"
Family Elapidae
Supplied as "Hydrophiidae"
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis curtus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1802)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Off Melville Island
Latitude -11.0
Supplied as: "-11"
Longitude 130.633
Supplied as: "130.633"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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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 23f05867-a0f7-4bce-ac3b-4090193eb2a9
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis curtus
    Coordinates -11.0,130.633
    Related records
    Record UUID 2a516ca2-debd-4816-a2b7-a67734c81b46
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis curtus
    Coordinates -11.0,130.633
    Record UUID 2c1602b5-6570-4453-8d6e-e47bb14d09a8
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis curtus
    Coordinates -11.0,130.633

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Oceanic Shoals
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA