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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2014:9:0002

Preserved specimen of Hapalochlaena maculosa (Hoyle, 1883) | Southern Blue-ringed Octopus recorded on 2003-05-06
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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 - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:2014:9:0002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Identified by Maynard, David  
Collector Maynard, David  
Supplied as "Maynard, David"
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 CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 2003-05-06
Supplied as year:2003  month:05  day:6.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hapalochlaena maculosa
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Blue-ringed Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Hapalochlaena
Species Hapalochlaena maculosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1883)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Ringarooma Bay
Latitude -40.83332
Supplied as: "-40.83332"
Longitude 147.8
Supplied as: "147.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Depth 20
Verbatim coordinates 55G 571804 5480783

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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 b902841b-9a21-4180-9d52-0f9f12207273
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hapalochlaena maculosa
    Coordinates -40.83332,147.8
    Related records
    Record UUID f038a65e-00cb-4922-983d-d6cd340a286b
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hapalochlaena maculosa
    Coordinates -40.83332,147.8

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)