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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.162601.001

Preserved specimen of Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 | Day Octopus recorded on 1970-06-20
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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.162601.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10239593","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.162601.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.162601.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Norman, M.  
Identified date 1991
Collector 1.  Ponder, W.F.   2.  Colman, P.H.  
Supplied as "W.F.Ponder & P.H.Colman"
Specimen type cited: Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 : Octopodidae : : Cephalopoda : Mollusca
Sex Female
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1991
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 26/Jan/2006";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10036306
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 26/Jan/2006";
Occurrence date 1970-06-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus cyanea
Supplied scientific name "Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849"
Identified to rank species
Common name Day Octopus
Supplied common name "Hammer Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus cyanea
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Scientific name authorship Gray, 1849
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gray, 1849

Geospatial

Country unknown or invalid
Supplied as "NEW GUINEA"
Latitude -9.533
Supplied as: "-9.533"
Longitude 147.233
Supplied as: "147.233"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Taurama, 5ml SE of Port Moresby, Papua
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 360 C] NEW GUINEA, Taurama, 5ml SE of Port Moresby, Papua (9° 32' 00" S, 147° 14' 00" E) 20/06/1970 - 20/06/1970, W.F.Ponder & P.H.Colman(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 32' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZZ
Verbatim longitude 147° 14' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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