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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.389210

Preserved specimen of Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918) | Hedley's Cuttlefish recorded on 1973-11-20
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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.389210
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468782,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.389210"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector P.H. Colman
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018158
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1973-11-20
Supplied date "1973-11-20/1973-11-20"
End day of year 324
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 324

Taxonomy

Scientific name Decorisepia hedleyi
Supplied scientific name "Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hedley's Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Decorisepia
Species Decorisepia hedleyi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918)
Scientific name authorship (Berry, 1918)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Berry, 1918)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.733334
Supplied as: "-33.733334"
Longitude 151.3
Supplied as: "151.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Collaroy Beach, N of Sydney
Location remarks [MAL# 49737] Australia, New South Wales, Collaroy Beach, N of Sydney (33° 44' 00" S, 151° 18' 00" E) 20/11/1973 - 20/11/1973, Colman, Mr Philip H - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector), After storm
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 44' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 18' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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