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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.457971

Preserved specimen of Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926) | Whitley's Cuttlefish recorded on 1982-12-14
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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.457971
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468175,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.457971"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector I.W. Loch
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 28/Feb/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10019367
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 28/Feb/2007
Occurrence date 1982-12-14
Supplied date "1982-12-14/1982-12-14"
End day of year 348
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 348

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 -12.283334
Supplied as: "-12.283334"
Longitude 143.40834
Supplied as: "143.40834"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Forbes Is, bay on N side
Location remarks [MAL# 65018] Australia, Queensland, Forbes Is, bay on N side (12° 17' 00" S, 143° 24' 30" E) 14/12/1982 - 14/12/1982, Loch, Mr I W(Collector), Beach.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 17' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 24' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Ribbons
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kuuku Ya'u People Marine Park ILUA
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    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2740.0 frequency
    Species Richness 486.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1756.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 68.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 45.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 101.0342 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 942.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 372.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1095.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.970833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 11.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.025 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 59.033615 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 162.38925
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.45 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 63.0 %