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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.115740

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1970-01-07
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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.115740
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10058360","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.115740"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.115740
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Stranks, Mr. Tim N - Museum of Victoria - Department of Invertebrate Zoology  
Collector 1.  Ponder, W.F.   2.  Colman, P.H.  
Supplied as "W.F. Ponder and P.H. Colman"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand.]
Date identified 1992-10
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1180628
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1970-01-07
Sampling protocol Hand.  
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 -36.89138
Supplied as: "-36.89138"
Longitude 149.91916
Supplied as: "149.91916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality E side of Merimbula Harbour
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 79291] E side of Merimbula Harbour (36° 53' 29" S, 149° 55' 09" E) 07/01/1970 - 07/01/1970, W.F. Ponder and P.H. Colman(Collectors), Hand., Field Collected - Aquatic";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 53' 29" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 55' 9" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Merimbula Lake
    GER Kosciuszko to Coast GER Kosciuszko to Coast
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    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 Twofold Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Bega Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BEGA VALLEY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1044
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MERIMBULA - TURA BEACH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPITAL REGION
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) EDEN-MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BEGA VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BEGA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Sea and estuaries
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 811.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 223.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 243.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.529167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.61
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.84
    Elevation 17.0 m