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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.27045-001

Preserved specimen of Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 | Goblin Shark recorded on 1987-09-15
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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 Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.27045-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8087389,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.27045-001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Paxton, J  
Collector K.J. Graham, FRV Kapala
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Demersal fish trawl
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Demersal fish trawl]
Date identified 1987

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8028288
Occurrence date 1987-09-15
Supplied date "1987-09-15/1987-09-15"
Sampling protocol Demersal fish trawl  
End day of year 258
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 258

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mitsukurina owstoni
Supplied scientific name "Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898"
Identified to rank species
Common name Goblin Shark
Supplied common name "Elphin Shark"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Lamniformes
Family Mitsukurinidae
Genus Mitsukurina
Species Mitsukurina owstoni
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898
Scientific name authorship Jordan, 1898
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Jordan, 1898

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -35.65
Supplied as: "-35.65"
Longitude 150.71666
Supplied as: "150.71666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality E. of South Durras
Location remarks [I.27045] Australia, New South Wales, E. of South Durras (35° 42' S, 150° 41' E) 15/09/1987 - 15/09/1987, K.J. Graham, FRV Kapala(Collector), Demersal fish trawl
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 35° 39' 00" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 43' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southeast Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Transition
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 629.0 frequency
    Species Richness 219.0 frequency