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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS4049

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2009-07-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number CS4049
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:575348"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 300 - 500 m from observer. How observed: from vessel Sighting Note: Reference: Lim, J., and Stafford, R. 2009, Protected species observer’s report during 2D seismic in Great Australian Bight by Bergen Oilfield Services: M/V BOS Atlantic EPBC Referral No: 2009/4750 for GX Technology, RPS Energy, West Perth, WA. Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:210061
Occurrence date 2009-07-04
Verbatim event date Time: UTC
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:05:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.8661
Supplied as: "-34.8661"
Longitude 130.31217
Supplied as: "130.31217"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Streaky Bay (township) | 427 km SW
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 34 51 58 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130 18 44 E

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone