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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.477728.001

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 2013-05-11
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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.477728.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1573408","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.477728.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.477728.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Reid, Dr Amanda L - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector Hegedus, Alex  
Supplied as "Hegedus, Ms Alex"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]
Date identified 2013-05
Supplied as 2013-5
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1177405
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 2013-05-11
Sampling protocol Hand  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1852

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -35.25002
Supplied as: "-35.25002"
Longitude 150.54613
Supplied as: "150.54613"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality east of Red Pt., north of Ulladulla
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 81834] east of Red Pt., north of Ulladulla (35° 15' 00" S, 150° 32' 46" E) 11/05/2013 - 11/05/2013, Hegedus, Ms Alex(Collector), Hand, Field Collected - Aquatic, Marine Invertebrate & Malacology 2013 Ulladulla field trip";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 15' 0.10" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 32' 46.1" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/29
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/29
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Batemans Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1165.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 251.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 220.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 320.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 344.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.55 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6499996 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.25 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.75 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99