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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F200322

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1987-02-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F200322
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F200322
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria  
Collector 1.  Stranks, T.N.   2.  Colman  
Supplied as "T N. Stranks | Colman"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Immature
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2011-06-20
Supplied as 20/06/2011

Event

Occurrence date 1987-02-14
Supplied date "1987-02-14T15:30:00\1987-02-14T15:30:00"
Date precision DAY
Event time 15:30:00\15:30:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
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
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Collaroy, Sydney
Latitude -33.73
Supplied as: "-33.73"
Longitude 151.32
Supplied as: "151.32"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Collaroy, Sydney
Minimum depth in metres 0.25
Maximum depth in metres 0.25
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Label
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 33bca217-ac2d-4410-a342-0345568deabb
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -33.73,151.32
    Related records
    Record UUID cf6fb3b9-6a64-4c88-99f8-657fe0d3af59
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -33.73,151.32
    Record UUID 785fad15-ba6c-442f-b1b8-03ebe1d24d99
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -33.73,151.32

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)