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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E22255

Preserved specimen of Ascarosepion apama (Gray, 1849) recorded on 2022-06-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E22255
Occurrence ID TMAG: E22255
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by S.J. Grove  
Collector C.E. Buchanan
Individual count 2
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks Shore-based record
Date identified 2023-03-02
Supplied as 2/03/2023

Event

Occurrence date 2022-06-03
Supplied date "3/06/2022"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 154
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 154

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ascarosepion apama
Original name usage Ascarosepion apama
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Ascarosepion
Species Ascarosepion apama
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1849)
Supplied as (Gray, 18490
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality King Island: Porky Beach
Latitude -39.8479
Supplied as: "-39.8479"
Longitude 143.86
Supplied as: "143.86"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality King Island: Porky Beach
Coordinate precision 1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Ascarosepion apama

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 7c993966-b759-4f07-b4bd-7d4c1929f696
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ascarosepion apama
    Coordinates -39.8479,143.86
    Related records
    Record UUID 8d28e64b-0c30-45fc-acd7-f3203473b804
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ascarosepion apama
    Coordinates -39.8479,143.86

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Porky Beach
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Porky Beach
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Porky Beach
    CAPAD Terrestrial 2024 Porky Beach
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Otway
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6780.0 frequency
    Species Richness 975.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 899.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 340.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 343.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.79
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 909.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 342.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 33.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 121.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.304993 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 125.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 123.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 342.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.22871 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 254.80235
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0