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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.347059

Preserved specimen of Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 | Southern Ocean Giant Squid recorded on 1992-06-01
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Dataset

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.347059
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10243434","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.347059"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.347059
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by Reid, Dr Amanda L - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector Moody, P.  
Supplied as "Moody, P."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10050554
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 1992-06-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Architeuthis dux
Supplied scientific name "Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1860"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Ocean Giant Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Teuthida
Family Architeuthidae
Genus Architeuthis
Species Architeuthis dux
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1860
Scientific name authorship Steenstrup, 1857
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Steenstrup, 1860

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -31.66444
Supplied as: "-31.66444"
Longitude 153.25666
Supplied as: "153.25666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Laurieton, 18km SSW
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 36548 B] Australia, New South Wales, Off Laurieton, 18km SSW (31° 39' 52" S, 153° 15' 24" E) 01/06/1992 - 01/06/1992, Moody, P(Collector), Accession, Surface temp. 23.6øC";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 31° 39' 52" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 15' 24" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2018/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone