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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F78428

Preserved specimen of Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 | Maori Octopus recorded on 1993-12-07
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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 F78428
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F78428
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by T N. Stranks  
Identified date 1994
Collector Graham, K.  
Supplied as "K Graham"
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 K932924
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Date identified 1994

Event

Event ID K932924
Field Number K932924
Occurrence date 1993-12-07
Supplied date "1993-12-07T00:00:00\1993-12-07T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus maorum
Supplied scientific name "Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880"
Identified to rank species
Common name Maori Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus maorum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hutton, 1880
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Off Green Cape
Latitude -37.33
Supplied as: "-37.33"
Longitude 150.3
Supplied as: "150.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Green Cape
Minimum depth in metres 135
Maximum depth in metres 141
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Twofold Shelf
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone