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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.389315

Preserved specimen of Sepia mestus Gray, 1849 | Reaper Cuttlefish recorded on 1963-10-31
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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 Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.389315
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468710","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.389315"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.389315
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Reid, A  
Collector Whitley, G.P.  
Supplied as "Whitley, G. P."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2007-02
Supplied as 2007-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Mar/2007";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10037492
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Mar/2007";
Occurrence date 1963-10-31
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia mestus
Supplied scientific name "Sepia mestus Gray, 1849"
Identified to rank species
Common name Reaper Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia mestus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Sepia mestus Gray, 1849
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1849
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gray, 1849

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -29.86832
Supplied as: "-29.86832"
Longitude 153.265
Supplied as: "153.265"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality SE of Grafton, Wooli
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 24153 C] Australia, New South Wales, SE of Grafton, Wooli (29° 52' 06" S, 153° 15' 54" E) 31/10/1963 - 31/10/1963, Whitley, G P(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 29° 52' 6" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 15' 54" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/3/9
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/3/9
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Solitary Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Solitary Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yuraygir
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BELLINGER RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence Valley- Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 68
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3216
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAFTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
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    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1348.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 206.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 458.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 510.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 29.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.1625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m