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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.458010

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1969-10-24
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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.458010
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468278,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.458010"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector P.H. Colman
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10017688
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1969-10-24
Supplied date "1969-10-24/1969-10-24"
End day of year 297
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 297

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -12.333333
Supplied as: "-12.333333"
Longitude 130.9
Supplied as: "130.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Darwin, Lee Point
Location remarks [MAL# 46764 B] Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, Lee Point (12° 20' 00" S, 130° 54' 00" E) 24/10/1969 - 24/10/1969, Colman, Mr Philip H - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector), Beach.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 20' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 54' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Casuarina
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Casuarina
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Casuarina
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Darwin Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Darwin Coastal
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    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 Tiwi - Lyons - Leanyer
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Lyons - Lee Point - Leanyer
    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 Solomon
    Electorates March 2025 Solomon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Darwin (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lee Point-Leanyer Swamp
    Local Government Areas 2023 Darwin
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DARWIN MUNICIPALITY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Larrakia (Part A - consolidated proceeding)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 52
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    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LYONS (NT)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN SUBURBS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOLOMON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TIWI - LYONS - LEANYER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LYONS - LEE POINT - LEANYER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CASUARINA
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    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Casuarina
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    Social
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    Destination Zones 2021 Lyons (NT)
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    Statistical Areas Level 2 Lyons (NT)
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Darwin Suburbs
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Darwin
    Tourism Regions 2021 Darwin
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 113197.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3259.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1738.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 447.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1169.0 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) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.53
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 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