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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160121

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1983-04-22
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Dataset

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 F160121
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160121
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria  
Collector CSIRO Division of Fisheries
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number NWA 121
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [WHOI epibenthic sled]
Dataset / Survey name [NWA]
Date identified 1992

Event

Dataset / Survey name NWA  
Event ID NWA 121
Field Number NWA 121
Occurrence date 1983-04-22
Supplied date "1983-04-22T13:55:00\1983-04-22T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol WHOI epibenthic sled  
End day of year 112
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:55:00
Start day of year 112

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Inciraiata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Supplied common name "octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Latitude -19.9317
Supplied as: "-19.9317"
Longitude 117.93
Supplied as: "117.93"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Minimum depth in metres 42
Maximum depth in metres 42
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID NWA 121

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Northwest Shelf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1264.0 frequency
    Species Richness 432.0 frequency