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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:1972:5:0070

Preserved specimen of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 | Southern Sand Flathead recorded on 1935-09-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:1972:5:0070
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Individual count 2
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1935-09-03
Supplied as year:1935.0  month:09  day:3.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Platycephalus bassensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Flathead
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Not Used"
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Platycephalidae
Genus Platycephalus
Species Platycephalus bassensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Cuvier, 1829
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Deceitful Cove
Latitude -41.11666
Supplied as: "-41.11666"
Longitude 146.81666
Supplied as: "146.81666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MIRANI
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1635.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 189.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 749.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 820.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 726.0 m