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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z68196

Material Sample of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2019-09-23
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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 DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z68196
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z68196
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|ethanol 95%|blubber, muscle|ethanol 96%|-196°C
Collector Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Supplied as "Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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 [salvage]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Disposition In collection
State conservation Critically Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 2019-09-23
Supplied date "2019-09-23T00:00:00\2019-09-23T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Balaenopteridae
Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Supplied as Borowski, 1781
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Gunnamatta Beach
Latitude -38.45
Supplied as: "-38.45"
Longitude 144.87
Supplied as: "144.87"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gunnamatta Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 95% | ethanol 96%
preparation type blubber, muscle
prepared by Ricky-Lee Erickson - Museums Victoria
preservation date begin 2019-09-30T00:00:00
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type ethanol 95% | ethanol 96%

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 3c190a72-df8b-4a68-85f6-ca18f27b5ef5
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Related records
    Record UUID 6815c08e-c8d3-45ef-bcc8-75d9cf5a7ada
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID 739f8044-62c7-4b4a-8fcd-4494b29b5a63
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID 61f1f723-90ce-45fa-bdad-9e475110b1f6
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington P'sula - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FLINDERS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca shrublands and open shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 785.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 245.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.129167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 11.0 m