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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.269593

Preserved specimen of Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 | Maori Octopus recorded on 1990-09-20
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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.269593
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10168314","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.269593"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.269593
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Reid, Dr Mandy  
Collector Graham, K.J.  
Supplied as "Graham, K. J."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2013
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10064559
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1990-09-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus maorum
Supplied scientific name "Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880"
Identified to rank species
Common name Maori Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus maorum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus cf. maorum Hutton, 1880
Scientific name authorship Hutton, 1880
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Hutton, 1880
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.87499
Supplied as: "-32.87499"
Longitude 151.983
Supplied as: "151.983"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Newcastle
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 55549] Australia, New South Wales, Off Newcastle (32° 52' 00" S, 152° 00' 00" E) 20/09/1990 - 20/09/1990, Graham, K. J.(Collector), FRV "Kapala".";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 52' 30.0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 59' 0.0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2013/12/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/12/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Manning Shelf