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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160321

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1998-05-02
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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 F160321
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160321
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector 1.  Norman, D. Mark   2.  Museums Victoria   3.  Finn, J.  
Supplied as "Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria | J Finn"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 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

Event

Occurrence date 1998-05-02
Supplied date "1998-05-02T00:00:00\1998-05-02T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

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 | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Esperance Tanker Jetty
Latitude -33.8686
Supplied as: "-33.8686"
Longitude 121.904
Supplied as: "121.904"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Esperance Tanker Jetty
Minimum depth in metres 4
Coordinate precision Unknown
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 4cde3ed3-ad74-4154-827f-8dc1945895b7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -33.8686,121.904
    Related records
    Record UUID 86cda0d6-5ace-419b-82db-d51c9fc4c93f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -33.8686,121.904

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 619.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 269.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 68.333336 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 75.666664 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 271.33334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.5666666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.833333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5466667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0533333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.166668 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.566668 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.033334 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.604166 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94