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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F74346

Preserved specimen of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 | Southern Ocean Giant Squid recorded on 1992-07-16
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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 Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F74346
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F74346
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|formalin 4%, buffered with borax|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria  
Collector S Wisby
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
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
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2013

Event

Occurrence date 1992-07-16
Supplied date "1992-07-16T00:00:00\1992-07-16T00:00:00"
End day of year 198
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 198

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Teuthida | Oegopsida | Architeuthidae
Scientific name Architeuthis dux
Supplied scientific name "Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Ocean Giant Squid
Supplied common name "Giant squid"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Oegopsida
Supplied as "Teuthida"
Family Architeuthidae
Genus Architeuthis
Species Architeuthis dux
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Steenstrup, 1857
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Stinking Bay
Latitude -43.13
Supplied as: "-43.13"
Longitude 147.87
Supplied as: "147.87"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Stinking Bay
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 64b42f61-3c12-4264-9a5c-3cf765124a0e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
    Coordinates -43.13,147.87
    Related records
    Record UUID f27ab486-b924-432c-924e-2f0ae7452aaa
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857
    Coordinates -43.13,147.87

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tasman
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tasman (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tasman
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tasman
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TASMAN COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FORESTIER - TASMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TASMAN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Forestier - Tasman
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7182
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Forestier - Tasman
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 12.0 frequency
    Species Richness 9.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 959.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 293.66666 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 205.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.333334 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 205.33333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 294.66666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.766667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.166667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.9333334 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.166667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.50333333 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82666665
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.533333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 819.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 239.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.308655 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 170.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 90.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 239.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.65 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.200001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.7833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.76995 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 270.10098
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 19.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.25 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8666667
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 53.0 m