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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A17221-1

Preserved specimen of Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 | Bigbelly Seahorse recorded on 1995-11-30
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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 Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A17221-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A17221-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Matthew Lockett - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1996
Collector 1.  Lockett, Matthew   2.  Museum Victoria   3.  Moore, K.   4.  Bardsley, M. Tania   5.  Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Matthew Lockett - Museum Victoria | K Moore | Tania M. Bardsley - Museum Victoria"
Sex Female
Individual count 3
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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 121
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA and rotenone]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1996

Event

Event ID MFG 121
Field Number MFG 121
Occurrence date 1995-11-30
Supplied date "1995-11-30T11:00:00\1995-11-30T12:30:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA and rotenone  
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:00:00\12:30:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Syngnathiformes | Syngnathoidei | Syngnathidae
Scientific name Hippocampus abdominalis
Supplied scientific name "Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bigbelly Seahorse
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Hippocampus
Species Hippocampus abdominalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lesson, 1827
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, Point Henry pier (Alcoa), second landing from seaward end.
Latitude -38.13
Supplied as: "-38.13"
Longitude 144.438
Supplied as: "144.438"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, Point Henry pier (Alcoa), second landing from seaward end.
Minimum depth in metres 4
Maximum depth in metres 6
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 42812836-8586-419e-9371-ed7e88497368
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
    Coordinates -38.13,144.438
    Related records
    Record UUID 798b9bcd-941b-4ca0-8f44-7ca74fa03082
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
    Coordinates -38.13,144.438
    Record UUID 79e25c03-cde1-4d21-a1eb-7bcdc0ff030f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827
    Coordinates -38.13,144.438

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 532.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 137.25 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 109.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 160.25 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.575001 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.25 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6749997 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.275 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.525 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1575
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.925 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.775 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.82