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Occurrence record: MO:S1174

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus Fisher, 1882 | Baby Octopuses
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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 S1174
Other catalog numbers ["245-68"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:1174
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Identified by Voss, G.  
Collector Wilson, B.R.  
Supplied as "Wilson, B.R."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Hand]

Event

Event ID "Pele"
Occurrence date Year: 1964, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1964 
Sampling protocol Hand  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Amphioctopus
Identified to rank genus
Common name Baby Octopuses
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Species Amphioctopus membranaceus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Fisher, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Philippines
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude 7.9666
Supplied as: "7.9666"
Longitude 116.8333
Supplied as: "116.8333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Balabac Island
Island group Sulu Archipelago
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 7°58`N
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code PH
Verbatim longitude 116°50`E

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