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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A26215-1

Preserved specimen of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 | Southern Sand Flathead recorded on 1997-03-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A26215-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A26215-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations tissue, whole specimen|Wet|ethanol 95%
Identified by Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria  
Collector Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)  
Supplied as "Dr Greg Jenkins - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [snapper trawl]
Date identified /04/2005

Event

Occurrence date 1997-03-13
Supplied date "1997-03-13T11:25:00\1997-03-13T11:21:00"
Sampling protocol snapper trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:25:00\11:21:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Scorpaeniformes | Platycephalidae
Scientific name Platycephalus bassensis
Supplied scientific name "Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Flathead
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Platycephalidae
Genus Platycephalus
Species Platycephalus bassensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Cuvier, 1829
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Port Phillip Bay, Werribee Zone
Latitude -38.0683
Supplied as: "-38.0683"
Longitude 144.726
Supplied as: "144.726"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Phillip Bay, Werribee Zone
Minimum depth in metres 14.2
Maximum depth in metres 14.7
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol gps
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)