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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z60596

Material Sample of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2011-11-04
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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 Z60596
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z60596
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations tissue|frozen|Skin|ethanol 70%|-80°C
Identified by Mr Jeff Weir - Dolphin Research Institute  
Collector Dolphin Research Institute  
Supplied as "Mr Jeff Weir - Dolphin Research Institute"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 7 inferred associated occurrences
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
Related resource id urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C38238
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource same individual
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition In collection
State conservation Critically Endangered
Date identified 2011-11-04
Supplied as 04/11/2011

Event

Occurrence date 2011-11-04
Supplied date "2011-11-04T00:00:00\2011-11-04T00:00:00"
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 Mornington Penisula, Koonya Beach
Latitude -38.3636
Supplied as: "-38.3636"
Longitude 144.751
Supplied as: "144.751"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Mornington Penisula, Koonya Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources unknown
Georeference protocol unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 70%
preparation type Skin
preservation date begin 2017-04-04T00:00:00
preservation temperature -80°C
preservation type ethanol 70%

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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 2e8b8027-cc70-4e51-ae9a-0b77adc00a96
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Related records
    Record UUID 5d66bbc2-f0df-451c-94c2-6d851c61bdf4
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID f041b8d9-f09b-411a-9e09-6bbd2d837edd
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID 78687c15-7939-45f2-a564-7cbcfcdc3090
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID ce53ec7a-a694-4e3d-bdf8-e47d2b01df9a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID b3b9d450-2ae1-48b1-820d-024f348f8ec0
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID f9e84bb8-492c-4a79-be08-f20da362cb10
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.751
    Record UUID b6414748-5f95-4848-b9b3-97957d5bb922
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae australis
    Coordinates -38.3636,144.7514

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Victoria
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 720.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 218.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 126.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 126.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 218.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.229167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 22.0 m