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Occurrence record: Molluscs:MO29473

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1982-04-25
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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 Molluscs
Supplied collection code "Molluscs"
Catalog number MO29473
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Molluscs:MO29473
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1982-04-25
Sampling protocol Hand  
Verbatim event date 25 Apr 1982
End day of year 115
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 115

Taxonomy

Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus exannulatus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Supplied as "Octopus"
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Fitzroy I, ca.15km SE, off Cairns
Latitude -17.0
Supplied as: "-17"
Longitude 146.05
Supplied as: "146.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 30
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 3' East

Additional properties

object id MO16853

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 9483ad36-7a7d-439a-9b6f-42b2b5e89945
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
    Coordinates -11.9583,141.37
    Related records
    Record UUID fb115355-f40e-42ff-8f5b-45631ab362a0
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus
    Record UUID 978eb164-1125-4ad8-83cd-7356bec6c79f
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus
    Record UUID b54828d2-5e9a-4c64-9381-0346b65c2978
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
    Coordinates -10.93,140.92
    Record UUID 78a04dbd-d32b-4c95-a49d-5cbba43c4c9e
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus
    Coordinates -17.0,146.05

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Wet Tropic Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Wet Tropic Coast
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MULGRAVE

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1834.0 frequency
    Species Richness 855.0 frequency