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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F56756

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1982-12-08
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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 Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F56756
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F56756
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Chung Chen Lu  
Collector CSIRO Division of Fisheries
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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 NWA 344
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Trawl, prawn]
Dataset name / Survey name [NWA]
Date identified 1984

Event

Dataset name / Survey name NWA  
Event ID NWA 344
Field Number NWA 344
Occurrence date 1982-12-08
Supplied date "1982-12-08T11:00:00\1982-12-08T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Trawl, prawn  
End day of year 342
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:00:00
Start day of year 342

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Sepiida | Sepiidae
Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Supplied common name "Cuttlefish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Supplied as "Sepia"
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Supplied as Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Latitude -19.4133
Supplied as: "-19.4133"
Longitude 118.96
Supplied as: "118.96"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Northwest Shelf, between Dampier and Port Hedland
Minimum depth in metres 48
Maximum depth in metres 47
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID NWA 344

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