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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J83774

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983 | Small-headed Seasnake recorded on 2001-08-29
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J83774
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J83774
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Female
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 2628
Sampling protocol [Trawler bycatch]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 2001-08-29
Sampling protocol Trawler bycatch  
Verbatim event date 29 Aug 2001
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis macdowelli
Identified to rank species
Common name Small-headed Seasnake
Supplied common name "Small-headed Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis macdowelli
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Kharin, 1983
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Mornington Island, 180 km NW
Latitude -15.6175
Supplied as: "-15.6175"
Longitude 137.95
Supplied as: "137.95"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 43
Field notes 2628
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 15° 37' 3" South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137° 57' East

Additional properties

object id 140056

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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 70d6136e-8145-42a0-af7e-7fc95411c82d
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis macdowelli
    Coordinates -15.6175,137.95
    Related records
    Record UUID 7280507b-57be-46f5-86c1-3b6f186b14b4
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Hydrophis macdowelli
    Coordinates -15.6175,137.95

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY