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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.304875

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1994-12-13
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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.304875
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10480181","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.304875"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.304875
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Graham, K.J.  
Supplied as "Graham, K. J."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: 12/MAY/1995";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10064642
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: 12/MAY/1995";
Occurrence date 1994-12-13
Date precision DAY

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 -36.64166
Supplied as: "-36.64166"
Longitude 150.05833
Supplied as: "150.05833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Tathra
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 16576 B] Australia, New South Wales, Off Tathra (36° 37' 00" S, 150° 04' 00" E) 13/12/1994 - 13/12/1994, Graham, K J(Collector), FRV "Kapala". 0110hrs.";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 38' 30.0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 3' 30.0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Batemans Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)