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Occurrence record: MO:S113392

Preserved specimen of Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 | Ovalbone Cuttlefish
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S113392
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:113392
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 70% Ethanol
Identified by Reid, A.  
Collector Slack-Smith, S.M. & Marsh, L.
Individual count 2
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2009-01-01

Event

Event ID `Soela`
Occurrence date Year: 1979, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1979 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia elliptica
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia elliptica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.8833
Supplied as: "-20.8833"
Longitude 115.9667
Supplied as: "115.9667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation -16
Island Sholl Island
Island group Passage Island Group
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to LABEL
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20°53`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°58`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Pilbara (nearshore)
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbara (nearshore)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kuruma Marthudunera and Yaburara and Coastal Mardudhunera Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kuruma Marthudunera and Yaburara and Coastal Mardudhunera Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 68.0 frequency
    Species Richness 52.0 frequency