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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.171671

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1981-09-09
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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.171671
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10085085","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.171671"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.171671
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Prawn trawl]
Date identified 1992
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10064378
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Curatorial"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "good";
Occurrence date 1981-09-09
Sampling protocol Prawn trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 7:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Gould, 1852

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.816
Supplied as: "-33.816"
Longitude 151.283
Supplied as: "151.283"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Manly
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 35407] Australia, New South Wales, Off Manly (33° 49' 00" S, 151° 17' 00" E) 09/09/1981 - 09/09/1981, Graham, K J(Collector), Prawn trawl";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 49' 0" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 17' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/11/29
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/11/29
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine North Sydney Harbour
    CAPAD 2020 Marine North Sydney Harbour
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARRINGAH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MANLY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1283.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 277.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 233.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 358.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 418.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.21
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0