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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.21369

Preserved specimen of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 1989-11-23
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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 Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.21369
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4013799","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.21369"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.21369
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Deck, S.   2.  Otton, P.  
Supplied as "S Deck, P Otton"
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4004574
Occurrence date 1989-11-23
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Borowski, 1781)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -36.166
Supplied as: "-36.166"
Longitude 150.133
Supplied as: "150.133"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 200m N of Lake Mummaga entrance, S end of Brou Beach, Dalmeny
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, 200m N of Lake Mummaga entrance, S end of Brou Beach, Dalmeny (36° 10' S, 150° 08' E) 23/11/1989 - 23/11/1989, Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 10' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 8' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2010/7/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 7e858596-d9a0-465a-9c3c-888f881f2394
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
    Coordinates -36.166,150.133
    Related records
    Record UUID b629091d-7c93-493a-a0aa-bd07dfcbfb88
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
    Coordinates -36.166,150.133
    Record UUID 8a3c6003-8a56-4432-abb1-3e03888573af
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
    Coordinates -36.166,150.133

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Batemans
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Batemans
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Batemans Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Eurobodalla
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 938.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 172.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 163.66667 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 280.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.333334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 295.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.666666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.9333334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.433333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.14
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 19.566668 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.083334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6533333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.8933333