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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:1974:5:0058

Preserved specimen of Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) | Shortfin Worm Eel recorded on 1973-08-24
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:1974:5:0058
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Specimen type HOLOTYPE  
Supplied as "holotype"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 3 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1973-08-24
Supplied as year:1973.0  month:08  day:24.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scolecenchelys australis
Supplied scientific name "Muraenichthys lingowenah"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shortfin Worm Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Not Used"
Order Anguilliformes
Family Ophichthidae
Genus Scolecenchelys
Supplied as "Muraenichthys"
Species Scolecenchelys australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1881)
Supplied as Scott, 1975
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Prime Seal Island
Latitude -40.06665
Supplied as: "-40.06665"
Longitude 147.76666
Supplied as: "147.76666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
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 58055093-c3d7-491c-963f-ae1c76a18fe0
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Muraenichthys lingowenah
    Coordinates -40.06665,147.76666
    Related records
    Record UUID 3e37ddd8-d92d-4e89-93e5-654847fcd00d
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Muraenichthys lengomena
    Coordinates -41.0,148.35
    Record UUID 0ec86947-5987-4ebb-880a-6ca43ef50088
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -33.63333,115.15
    Record UUID cc432cc6-96ef-4644-9930-57aa6053771c
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis
    Coordinates -40.06665,147.76666

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 666.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 206.2 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 124.4 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.2 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 124.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.6 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 207.4 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.74 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.48 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.36 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.38 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.06 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.38 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.46 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.841666 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.674
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 25.0 m