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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F101629

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1998-04-26
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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 F101629
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F101629
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [hand]

Event

Occurrence date 1998-04-26
Supplied date "1998-04-26T19:00:00\1998-04-26T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol hand  
Date precision DAY
Event time 19:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cape Le Grand National Park, Lucky Bay, western point, off beach
Latitude -33.98
Supplied as: "-33.98"
Longitude 122.22
Supplied as: "122.22"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cape Le Grand National Park, Lucky Bay, western point, off beach
Minimum depth in metres 10
Maximum depth in metres 10
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Cape Le Grand
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Cape Le Grand
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Recherche
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SALT LAKE
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Esperance (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Esperance
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes The Esperance Nyungars
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 622
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 696.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 310.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 312.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.245832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.53
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 77.0 m