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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F157131

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1993-01-29
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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 F157131
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F157131
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by C C. Lu  
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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 SS0193 54
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, demersal]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset name / Survey name [SS0193]
Date identified 1993

Event

Dataset name / Survey name SS0193  
Event ID SS0193 54
Field Number SS0193 54
Occurrence date 1993-01-29
Supplied date "1993-01-29T15:50:00\1993-01-29T16:20:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, demersal  
End day of year 29
Date precision DAY
Event time 15:50:00\16:20:00
Start day of year 29

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Sepiida | Sepiidae
Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Supplied common name "Cuttlefish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Supplied as "Sepia"
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Supplied as Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality 67 km W of Kerr Point, near Weipa
Latitude -12.6617
Supplied as: "-12.6617"
Longitude 141.18
Supplied as: "141.18"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 67 km W of Kerr Point, near Weipa
Minimum depth in metres 42
Maximum depth in metres 42
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SS0193 54

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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 2eaa1d2b-d277-4aa2-a479-c93f31761389
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -12.6617,141.18
    Related records
    Record UUID 9c1b422f-b817-4b98-9950-cf9a2c8ad72d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -12.6617,141.18

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Carpentaria
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5527.0 frequency
    Species Richness 458.0 frequency