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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F77896

Preserved specimen of Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 | Southern Sand Octopus recorded on 1990-11-05
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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 F77896
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F77896
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by T N. Stranks  
Collector Austin, Jack  
Supplied as "Jack Austin"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 2
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
Date identified 1989

Event

Occurrence date 1990-11-05
Supplied date "1990-11-05T00:00:00\1990-11-05T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus kaurna
Supplied scientific name "Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus kaurna
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Stranks, 1990
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Port Welshpool
Latitude -38.7
Supplied as: "-38.7"
Longitude 146.47
Supplied as: "146.47"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Welshpool
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Corner Inlet
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunaikurnai Settlement ILUA
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gunai/Kurnai People
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EASTERN VICTORIA
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 802.8571 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 226.57143 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 236.57143 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.585714 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.028572 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6285715 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.685714 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.414286 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0857143
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.657143 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.328571 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.045834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74714285
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m