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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.54267.001

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1928
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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.54267.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10231081","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.54267.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.54267.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by Stranks, T. N.  
Identified date 1992-11
Collector Aus. Museum Expedition  
Supplied as "Aus. Museum Expedition"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1992-11
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: emily 23/Jan/2001";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10035720
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: emily 23/Jan/2001";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1928, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1928"
Date precision YEAR

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 -33.883
Supplied as: "-33.883"
Longitude 151.216
Supplied as: "151.216"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sydney Harbour, Port Jackson, Bottle & Glass Rocks
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 50171] Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Harbour, Port Jackson, Bottle & Glass Rocks (33° 53' 00" S, 151° 13' 00" E) 1928 - 1928, Australian Museum Expedition(Collector), Australian Museum Expedition 1928";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 53' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 13' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2018/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pittwater
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SYDNEY COAST-GEORGES RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sydney (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sydney - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 47
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2413
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SURRY HILLS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY INNER CITY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - CITY AND INNER SOUTH
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SYDNEY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SYDNEY - CITY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DARLINGHURST - PADDINGTON - SURRY HILLS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1189.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 259.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 220.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 330.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 384.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.7875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.81
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 46.0 m