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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.458040

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1976-06-12
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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.458040
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468424,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.458040"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector W.F. Ponder
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Sievings
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Sievings]
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 04/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10026444
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 04/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1976-06-12
Supplied date "1976-06-12/1976-06-12"
Sampling protocol Sievings  
End day of year 164
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 164

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.45
Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude 130.86667
Supplied as: "130.86667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Darwin, Dinah Beach
Location remarks [MAL# 1346 C] Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, Dinah Beach (12° 27' 00" S, 130° 52' 00" E) 12/06/1976 - 12/06/1976, Ponder, W F(Collector), Sievings
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 27' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 52' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Area management
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    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
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    Hydrology
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    Marine
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    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 135941.0 frequency
    Species Richness 7490.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1716.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 441.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1159.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.51
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1785.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 109.92418 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 484.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 469.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1155.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.345833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.041667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 60.682327 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 161.2939
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.05 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 18.0 m