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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125327

Preserved specimen of Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1938-04-07
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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.125327
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468271","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125327"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.125327
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Reid, A.  
Collector Ward, Mel  
Supplied as "Ward, Mel"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2007-02
Supplied as 2007-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10018763
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007";
Occurrence date 1938-04-07
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia elliptica
Supplied scientific name "Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia elliptica
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
Scientific name authorship Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Hoyle, 1885

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -14.266
Supplied as: "-14.266"
Longitude 144.2
Supplied as: "144.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Bathurst Head, Princess Charlotte Bay
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 17409 C] Australia, Queensland, Bathurst Head, Princess Charlotte Bay (14° 16' 00" S, 144° 12' 00" E) 07/04/1938 - 07/04/1938, Ward, Mel(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 16' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 12' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/30
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/30
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kalpowar
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kalpowar
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Battle Camp Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NORMANBY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kalpowar ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1208.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 616.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 828.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.69
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.166666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0