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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.124664

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1980-09-24
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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.124664
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10467716,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.124664"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector H.E. & E.H.Vokes
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 09/Feb/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10034400
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 09/Feb/2007
Occurrence date 1980-09-24
Supplied date "1980-09-24/1980-09-24"
End day of year 268
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 268

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 Queensland
Latitude -19.113056
Supplied as: "-19.113056"
Longitude 146.86305
Supplied as: "146.86305"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Magnetic Is, Horseshoe Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 46036] Australia, Queensland, Magnetic Is, Horseshoe Bay (19° 06' 47" S, 146° 51' 47" E) 24/09/1980 - 24/09/1980, H.E. & E.H.Vokes(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19° 06' 47" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 51' 47" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
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    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
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    Vegetation
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    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Acacia
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    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 47523.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3360.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1211.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 721.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 756.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.97
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.3 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0