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Occurrence record: MO:S113408

Preserved specimen of Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 | Ovalbone Cuttlefish
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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 S113408
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:113408
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Alcohol
Identified by Whisson, C.S.  
Collector Sporer, E. & Parry, G.
Individual count 2
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2005-01-01

Event

Event ID `Valour`
Occurrence date Year: 2005, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2005 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia elliptica
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia elliptica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.6333
Supplied as: "-20.6333"
Longitude 116.8833
Supplied as: "116.8833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°38`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°53`E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 3e0d64cd-dd6e-498f-8bdc-776d6bef108c
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.6333,116.8833
    Related records
    Record UUID 549af1e6-1243-4875-92b6-c47d69b98d58
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.6333,116.8833
    Record UUID 987aba18-c8e1-45ca-92f3-ac4e2a00f9a2
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -20.6333,116.8833

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Pilbara (nearshore)
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbara (nearshore)
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 810.0 frequency
    Species Richness 321.0 frequency