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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.57602

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1932
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.57602
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10031481","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.57602"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.57602
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Stranks, T. N.  
Collector Ward, Mel  
Supplied as "Ward, Mel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1992-10
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018742
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1932, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1932"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1852

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.61527
Supplied as: "-33.61527"
Longitude 151.3211
Supplied as: "151.3211"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sydney, Pittwater
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 37417] Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Pittwater (33° 36' 55" S, 151° 19' 16" E) 1932 - 1932, Ward, Mel(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 36' 55" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 19' 16" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/9/2
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/2
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBART CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARK
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Casuarina forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Casuarina forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 645.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 164.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 152.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 185.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.6 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99