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Occurrence record: MO:S115708

Preserved specimen of Euprymna tasmanica (Steenstrup, 1887) | Southern Bobtail Squid
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S115708
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:115708
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Lu, C.C.  
Collector Wells, F. & Bryce, C.
Individual count 4
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1983-01-01

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1983, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1983 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Euprymna tasmanica
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bobtail Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiolida
Supplied as "Sepiida"
Family Sepiolidae
Genus Euprymna
Species Euprymna tasmanica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Steenstrup, 1887)
Supplied as (Pfeffer, 1884)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -34.9966
Supplied as: "-34.9966"
Longitude 117.95
Supplied as: "117.9500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34°59.8`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117°57`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Oyster Harbour
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Jarrah Forest
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Southern Jarrah Forest
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Jarrah Forest
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wagyl Kaip & Southern Noongar Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 O'connor
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 25227.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1943.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 837.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 355.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 359.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 851.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 354.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 75.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 54.562126 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 88.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 131.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 354.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.325 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.299999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.349999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.316666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.575165 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 268.93307
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.233334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.64
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 3.0 m