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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F60105

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1982-09-10
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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 F60105
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F60105
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria  
Collector Chung Chen Lu
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "PARATYPE"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1992

Event

Occurrence date 1982-09-10
Supplied date "1982-09-10T00:00:00\1982-09-10T00:00:00"
End day of year 253
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 253

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Supplied common name "octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Supplied as "Octopus"
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Supplied as Norman, 1993
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality 130 km W of Prince of Wales Island
Latitude -10.93
Supplied as: "-10.93"
Longitude 140.92
Supplied as: "140.92"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 130 km W of Prince of Wales Island
Minimum depth in metres 44
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
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 b54828d2-5e9a-4c64-9381-0346b65c2978
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
    Coordinates -10.93,140.92
    Related records
    Record UUID d193e3d6-6c9f-40db-8381-37cedc737828
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
    Coordinates -10.93,140.92

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine West Cape York
    CAPAD 2018 Marine West Cape York
    CAPAD 2020 Marine West Cape York
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) West Cape York
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Carpentaria
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks West Cape York Marine Park
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 West Cape York
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 45.0 frequency
    Species Richness 42.0 frequency