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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 6830-01

Preserved specimen of Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772 | Oarfish recorded on 2004-10-25
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 6830-01
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 6830-01
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by W White  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2004-10
Identification remarks 3p - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Identification remarks 3p - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 2004-10-25
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Regalecus glesne
Supplied scientific name "Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772"
Identified to rank species
Common name Oarfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Lampridiformes
Family Regalecidae
Genus Regalecus
Species Regalecus glesne
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126525
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Ascanius, 1772
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality beach at Peel Inlet/Harvey Estuary
Latitude -32.58333
Supplied as: "-32.58333"
Longitude 115.71667
Supplied as: "115.71667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (115.71667 -32.58333)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 Peel-Harvey Region
    RAMSAR wetland regions Peel-Yalgorup System
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Peel-Harvey Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MURRAY RIVER (WA)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF MURRAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CANNING
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 809.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 420.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 83.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 448.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.3 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0