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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F221365

Preserved specimen of Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001 | octopus recorded on 2015-04-18
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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 F221365
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F221365
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria  
Identified date /04/2015
Collector 1.  Museums Victoria   2.  Silvey, Colin   3.  Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Julian K Finn - Museums Victoria | Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [hand net]
Date identified /04/2015

Event

Occurrence date 2015-04-18
Supplied date "2015-04-18T16:23:00\2015-04-18T18:23:00"
Sampling protocol hand net  
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:23:00\18:23:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Inciraiata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Abdopus
Identified to rank genus
Common name octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Abdopus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Norman & Finn, 2001
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Indian Ocean | Australia | Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Port Hedland, Cemetary Beach
Latitude -20.303
Supplied as: "-20.303"
Longitude 118.617
Supplied as: "118.617"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Hedland, Cemetary Beach
Water body Indian Ocean
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 0.2
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Google maps
Georeferenced by Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria
Municipality Port Hedland
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Australia
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 316.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 207.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 208.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.566668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23