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Occurrence record: Marine Invertebrates:D68457

Preserved specimen of Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 | Octopus recorded on 1989-12-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Marine Invertebrates"
Catalog number D68457
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:815426"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations spirit specimen
Identified by Verhoeff, Tristan J - Uni of Tasmania  
Collector Gowlett-Holmes, K
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [trawled]
Date identified 2022-05-
Identification remarks Confidence: 1

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:245706
Identification remarks Confidence: 1
Occurrence date 1989-12-16
Sampling protocol trawled  
Verbatim event date 16 Dec 1989
End day of year 350
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 350

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opisthoteuthis persephone
Supplied scientific name "Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918"
Identified to rank species
Common name Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Opisthoteuthidae
Genus Opisthoteuthis
Species Opisthoteuthis persephone
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Berry, 1918
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.15
Supplied as: "-34.15"
Longitude 131.45
Supplied as: "131.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape Adieu | approx 130n.m.SSW of Cape Adieu
Minimum depth in metres 1210
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 34 09 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131 27 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1.0 frequency