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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.40887.001

Preserved specimen of Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990 | Club Pygmy Octopus recorded on 1912-12-12
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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.40887.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10241724","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.40887.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.40887.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by Stranks, T.  
Identified date 1988
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1988
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from idhist db entered by: ianl 02/02/96";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10047486
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from idhist db entered by: ianl 02/02/96";
Occurrence date 1912-12-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus warringa
Supplied scientific name "Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990"
Identified to rank species
Common name Club Pygmy Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus warringa
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990
Scientific name authorship Stranks, 1990
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Stranks, 1990

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -42.666
Supplied as: "-42.666"
Longitude 148.4
Supplied as: "148.4"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Maria Is
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 18858 B] Australia, Tasmania, Off Maria Is (42° 40' 00" S, 148° 24' 00" E) 12/12/1912 - 12/12/1912, Mawson Antarctic Expedition";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 42° 40' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 24' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/9/2
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province