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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.156208

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1987-05-23
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Dataset

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.156208
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10079227","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.156208"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.156208
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Stranks, Mr. Tim N - Museum of Victoria - Department of Invertebrate Zoology  
Identified date 1992-10
Collector 1.  Reid, Amanda   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Malacology  
Supplied as "Reid, Dr Amanda - Australian Museum - Malacology"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand.]
Date identified 1992-10
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1180626
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1987-05-23
Sampling protocol Hand.  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:0

Taxonomy

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
Accepted name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1852

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.8
Supplied as: "-33.8"
Longitude 151.283
Supplied as: "151.283"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Shelley Beach
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 79290] Australia, New South Wales, Shelley Beach (33° 48' S, 151° 17' E) 23/05/1987 - 23/05/1987, Reid, Dr Amanda L - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector), Hand., Field Collected - Aquatic";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 48' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 17' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/6/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/6/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARRINGAH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MANLY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1232.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 268.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 225.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 344.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 401.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.21
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.583334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m