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Occurrence record: Mollusc:P058482

Preserved specimen of Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 2018-07-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Mollusc"
Catalog number P058482
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mollusc:P058482
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal
Identified by R.C. Willan  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2018

Event

Occurrence date 2018-07-15
Supplied as year:2018  month:7  day:15 
End day of year 196
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 196

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia elliptica
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia elliptica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Mica Beach, immediately south of Talc Head, central western coast of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -12.48083
Supplied as: "-12.48083"
Longitude 130.77667
Supplied as: "130.77667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Anson Beagle
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FINNISS RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cox - Finniss - Coomalie
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cox - Finniss
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Darwin
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated NT
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cox-Finniss
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 111
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 593
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) COX - FINNISS - COOMALIE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COX - FINNISS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DALY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Daly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Alligator
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Unincorporated NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Alligator
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 10384.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2053.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1689.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 7.6666665 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 439.33334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 107.333336 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1132.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.666668 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.51
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.466667 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0