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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.209348

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1981-09-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.209348
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10467736,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.209348"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector J. Kerslake
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Feb/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10035155
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 08/Feb/2007
Occurrence date 1981-09-13
Supplied date "1981-09-13/1981-09-13"
End day of year 256
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 256

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -28.8
Supplied as: "-28.8"
Longitude 114.60639
Supplied as: "114.60639"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Geraldton, Back Beach
Location remarks [MAL# 41202 B] Australia, Western Australia, Geraldton, Back Beach (28° 48' 00" S, 114° 36' 23" E) 13/09/1981 - 13/09/1981, Kerslake, J(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28° 48' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114° 36' 23" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Houtman Abrolhos Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central West Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southwest Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Agricultural
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Agricultural Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Agricultural Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Agricultural Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central West Coast
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Yamatji Nation Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8751.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2427.0 frequency
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %