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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.476218.001

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1969-07-24
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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 Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.476218.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1462767","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.476218.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.476218.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by M. Norman  
Collector 1.  Ponder, W.F.   2.  Neilson, T.  
Supplied as "W.F. Ponder & T. Neilson"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2012-02
Supplied as 2012-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1159048
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 1969-07-24
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Norman, 1993)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -23.18261
Supplied as: "-23.18261"
Longitude 150.91127
Supplied as: "150.91127"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 1.5 mls. N.W. of South Keppel Is.
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 78963] Australia, Queensland, 1.5 mls. N.W. of South Keppel Is. (23° 10' 57" S, 150° 54' 41" E) 24/07/1969 - 24/07/1969, W.F. Ponder & T. Neilson(Collector), Field Collected - Aquatic";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 10' 57.44" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 54' 40.60" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2013/12/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/12/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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