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Occurrence record: MO:S115692

Preserved specimen of Euprymna tasmanica (Steenstrup, 1887) | Southern Bobtail Squid
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S115692
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:115692
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Whisson, C.S.  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M., Marsh, L. & Bryce, C.
Individual count 3
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2004-01-01

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1981, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1981 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Euprymna tasmanica
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bobtail Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiolida
Supplied as "Sepiida"
Family Sepiolidae
Genus Euprymna
Species Euprymna tasmanica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Steenstrup, 1887)
Supplied as (Pfeffer, 1884)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -25.8
Supplied as: "-25.8000"
Longitude 113.4833
Supplied as: "113.4833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25°48`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°29`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Francois Peron
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Francois Peron
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Francois Peron
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Carnarvon
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Wooramel
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Carnarvon
    IBRA 7 Regions Carnarvon
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wooramel
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WOORAMEL RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Shark Bay - Coral Bay - Upper Gascoyne
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Shark Bay - Coral Bay - Upper Gascoyne
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Geraldton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Gascoyne/Murchison
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Shark Bay (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Shark Bay
    Local Government Areas 2023 Shark Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 239
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EXMOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GASCOYNE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 North West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Exmouth
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6537
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Exmouth
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Gascoyne
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (South)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's Coral Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands with chenopods
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 313.0 frequency
    Species Richness 107.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 208.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 122.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.24
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 233.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 122.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 84.46048 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 50.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 138.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.075 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.933332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.987656 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 410.89978
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 17.983334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.12
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.35
    Elevation 2.0 m