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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:2014:5:0040

Preserved specimen of Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798) | Shaw's Cowfish recorded on 2014-05-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:2014:5:0040
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeletal
Identified by Darcie Hunt  
Individual count 1
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-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 2014-05-13
Supplied as year:2014  month:05  day:13.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aracana aurita
Identified to rank species
Common name Shaw's Cowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Aracanidae
Supplied as "Ostraciidae"
Genus Aracana
Species Aracana aurita
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1798)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Flinders Island
Latitude -40.346483
Supplied as: "-40.346483"
Longitude 148.546867
Supplied as: "148.546867"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Depth 30
Verbatim coordinates 40°20.789'S 148°32.812'E

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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 4305112f-af7f-4fee-ac93-4584d4134848
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aracana aurita
    Coordinates -40.346483,148.546867
    Related records
    Record UUID 7982add5-d594-48ee-b35b-449fe577cf76
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Aracana aurita
    Coordinates -40.346483,148.546867

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders