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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.578293

Preserved specimen of OCTOPODIDAE | Octopuses recorded on 1979-02-20
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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.578293
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2372289","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.578293"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.578293
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Reid, Dr Amanda L - Australian Museum - Malacology  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [NIGHTLIGHT]
Date identified 2019-11
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8060714
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1979-02-20
Sampling protocol NIGHTLIGHT  
Date precision DAY
Event time 19:30

Taxonomy

Scientific name OCTOPODIDAE
Identified to rank family
Common name Octopuses
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopodidae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -12.533
Supplied as: "-12.533"
Longitude 143.533
Supplied as: "143.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CAPE YORK : EEL REEF
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.20777] Australia, Queensland, CAPE YORK : EEL REEF (12° 32' S, 143° 32' E) 20/02/1979 - 20/02/1979, Australian Institute Marine Sciences(Collector), Australian Museum(Collector), Queensland Museum(Collector), NIGHTLIGHT";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 32' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 32' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/11/14
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/11/14
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ribbons
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kuuku Ya'u People Marine Park ILUA
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Kuuku Ya'u
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK