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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.77851

Preserved specimen of Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009 recorded on 2005-02-23
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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 Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number P.77851
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1251732","urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.77851"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.77851
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Taylor, Dr Joanne - Museum Victoria - Marine Biology  
Collector Springthorpe, Roger Tenison - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates
Specimen type cited: Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009 : Phoxocephalidae : Amphipoda : Malacostraca : Crustacea
Sex Female
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [airlift on SCUBA]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2008

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1082676
Occurrence date 2005-02-23
Sampling protocol airlift on SCUBA  
End day of year 54
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 54

Taxonomy

Scientific name Metaphoxus varanus
Supplied scientific name "Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Supplied as "Crustacea"
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Phoxocephalidae
Genus Metaphoxus
Species Metaphoxus varanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009
Scientific name authorship Taylor, 2009
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Taylor, 2009

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -14.69499
Supplied as: "-14.69499"
Longitude 145.45083
Supplied as: "145.45083"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lizard Island, 300 m off south-east corner of Palfrey Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[QLD 1621] Australia, Queensland, Lizard Island, 300 m off south-east corner of Palfrey Island (14° 41' 42" S, 145° 27' 03" E) 23/02/2005 - 23/02/2005, Springthorpe, Roger Tenison - Australian Museum - Marine Invertebrates(Collector), Lowry, Dr James Kenn";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 41' 42.000" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 27' 3.0000" E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID ae4951cc-e336-4f1c-9f28-7d55b80ce37f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009
    Coordinates -14.69499,145.45083
    Related records
    Record UUID e769e166-8ce3-4aa9-9896-4e44a89e8dce
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Metaphoxus varanus Taylor, 2009
    Coordinates -14.69499,145.45083

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Recherche Archipelago
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Eucla
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eucla
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF ESPERANCE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1988.0 frequency
    Species Richness 862.0 frequency
    Elevation 20.0 m