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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.100489

Preserved specimen of Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926) | Whitley's Cuttlefish recorded on 1972-12-29
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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.100489
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468892,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.100489"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector B.W. Jenkins
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-16
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 09/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10041794
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 09/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1972-12-29
Supplied date "1972-12-29/1972-12-29"
End day of year 364
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 364

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia whitleyana
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion whitleyanum Iredale, 1926"
Identified to rank species
Common name Whitley's Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Supplied as "Acanthosepion"
Species Sepia whitleyana
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion whitleyanum Iredale, 1926
Scientific name authorship (Iredale, 1926)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Iredale, 1926

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -23.166666
Supplied as: "-23.166666"
Longitude 150.78334
Supplied as: "150.78334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Keppel Bay, Statute Point, N side
Location remarks [MAL# 60290] Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, Statute Point, N side (23° 10' 00" S, 150° 47' 00" E) 29/12/1972 - 29/12/1972, Jenkins, B W(Collector), Accession, Washed up.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 10' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 47' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Marlborough Plains
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Marlborough Plains
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WATER PARK CREEK
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Rockhampton - Yeppoon
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Rockhampton - North
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Rockhampton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Capricornia
    Electorates March 2025 Capricornia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Rockhampton (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Livingstone - Pt B
    Local Government Areas 2023 Livingstone
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVINGSTONE SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 136
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 7482
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) YEPPOON
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CAPRICORNIA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ROCKHAMPTON - YEPPOON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ROCKHAMPTON - NORTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KEPPEL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Keppel
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Yeppoon
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4703
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Yeppoon
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Rockhampton
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Central Queensland
    Tourism Regions 2021 Capricorn
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Regrowth, modified native vegetation

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14075.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2685.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1054.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 438.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 451.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1029.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 108.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 26.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 91.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 60.9439 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 424.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 175.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 445.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.620832 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.933334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.225 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.33155 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 343.9705
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.349998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.183332 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85