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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160392

Preserved specimen of Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 | Southern Sand Octopus recorded on 1997-05-27
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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 F160392
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160392
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector 1.  Norman, D. Mark   2.  Museums Victoria   3.  Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria | Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria"
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 MFG 228
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Hand net]

Event

Event ID MFG 228
Field Number MFG 228
Occurrence date 1997-05-27
Supplied date "1997-05-27T21:00:00\1997-05-27T22:00:00"
Sampling protocol Hand net  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:00:00\22:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus kaurna
Supplied scientific name "Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus kaurna
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Stranks, 1990
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | South Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Gulf St Vincent, Edithburgh Fisherman's Jetty
Latitude -35.0847
Supplied as: "-35.0847"
Longitude 137.749
Supplied as: "137.749"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gulf St Vincent, Edithburgh Fisherman's Jetty
Minimum depth in metres 3
Maximum depth in metres 5
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine American River
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Narungga Local Government
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 517.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 234.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.575 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95