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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.389507

Preserved specimen of Sepia whitleyana (Iredale, 1926) | Whitley's Cuttlefish recorded on 1965-10-14
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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.389507
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468817,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.389507"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector D.F. McMichael
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:10021990
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 09/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1965-10-14
Supplied date "1965-10-14/1965-10-14"
End day of year 287
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 287

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 -16.6
Supplied as: "-16.6"
Longitude 145.98334
Supplied as: "145.98334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality GBR, Michaelmas Cay
Location remarks [MAL# 4121 C] Australia, Queensland, GBR, Michaelmas Cay (16° 36' 00" S, 145° 59' 00" E) 14/10/1965 - 14/10/1965, McMichael, Donald Fred(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16° 36' 00" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 59' 00" E

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verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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