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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.392628.001

Preserved specimen of Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 | Octopus recorded on 1979-12-04
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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.392628.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10223756","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.392628.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.392628.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by Loch, Mr I W  
Collector K.J.Graham, P.H.Colman & I.Loch
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2001-02
Supplied as 2001-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: emily 25/Feb/2001";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10064320
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: emily 25/Feb/2001";
Occurrence date 1979-12-04
End day of year 338
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 338

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opisthoteuthis persephone
Supplied scientific name "Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918"
Identified to rank species
Common name Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Opisthoteuthidae
Genus Opisthoteuthis
Species Opisthoteuthis persephone
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918
Scientific name authorship Berry, 1918
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Berry, 1918

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.583
Supplied as: "-33.583"
Longitude 152.116
Supplied as: "152.116"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality NE of Sydney
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 44936 B] Australia, New South Wales, NE of Sydney (33° 36' 00" S, 152° 06' 00" E) 04/12/1979 - 04/12/1979, K.J.Graham, P.H.Colman & I.Loch(Collector), FRV "Kapala".";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33° 35' 0.0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 7' 0.0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2018/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 979.0 frequency
    Species Richness 335.0 frequency