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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F180697

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 2011-04-03
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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 F180697
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F180697
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Michael Amor - Museum of Victoria  
Identified date 20/10/2011
Sex Male
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2011-10-20
Supplied as 20/10/2011

Event

Occurrence date 2011-04-03
Supplied date "2011-04-03T00:00:00\2011-04-03T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Off Flinders Island
Latitude
Supplied as: "-39.7728"
Datum
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Flinders Island
Minimum depth in metres 36.7
Maximum depth in metres 44.9
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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