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Occurrence record: invertebrates:K5766

Preserved specimen of Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) recorded on 2023-10-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number K5766
Occurrence ID TMAG: K5766
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by K.M. Moore  
Collector K.M. Moore
Individual count 6
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Date identified 2023-10

Event

Occurrence date 2023-10-25
Supplied date "25/10/2023"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 298
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 298

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physalia physalis
Original name usage Physalia physalis
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa
Order Siphonophorae
Family Physaliidae
Genus Physalia
Species Physalia physalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality King Island: Maunka Road: coastline
Latitude -39.8807
Supplied as: "-39.8807"
Longitude 143.84
Supplied as: "143.84"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality King Island: Maunka Road: coastline
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Physalia physalis

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Otway
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6780.0 frequency
    Species Richness 975.0 frequency