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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F200317

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1993-05-11
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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 F200317
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F200317
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by T N. Stranks  
Collector Graham, K.  
Supplied as "K Graham"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number K931101
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified /01/1994

Event

Event ID K931101
Field Number K931101
Occurrence date 1993-05-11
Supplied date "1993-05-11T00:00:00\1993-05-11T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
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
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Off Wreck Bay
Latitude -34.2
Supplied as: "-34.2"
Longitude 150.72
Supplied as: "150.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Off Wreck Bay
Minimum depth in metres 40
Maximum depth in metres 64
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 b1888d97-5686-4319-a7b8-6bb31baac6dd
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -34.2,150.72
    Related records
    Record UUID cc833c8f-a035-4fc4-9238-9305b0a8f343
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -34.2,150.72

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    GER Southern Highlands GER Southern Highlands
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cumberland
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wollondilly (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wollondilly
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WOLLONDILLY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 6
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1503
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DOUGLAS PARK - APPIN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WOLLONDILLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - OUTER SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUME
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WOLLONDILLY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WOLLONDILLY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B 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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 812.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 243.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 263.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.44
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.4125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.77
    Elevation 97.0 m