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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F56736

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1981-04-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F56736
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F56736
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Chung Chen Lu  
Collector Chung Chen Lu
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number 70040203
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID 70040203
Field Number 70040203
Occurrence date 1981-04-02
Supplied date "1981-04-02T13:17:00\1981-04-02T14:05:00"
End day of year 92
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:17:00\14:05:00
Start day of year 92

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Sepiida | Sepiidae
Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Supplied common name "Cuttlefish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Supplied as "Sepia"
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Supplied as Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality NW Shelf
Latitude -12.8417
Supplied as: "-12.8417"
Longitude 125.677
Supplied as: "125.677"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality NW Shelf
Minimum depth in metres 88
Maximum depth in metres 97
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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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 52343bb5-bee3-411a-81f1-767c7ed9462e
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -12.8417,125.677
    Related records
    Record UUID bd9e5ee6-a1fc-47cc-99d3-42fb06b41a75
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -12.8417,125.677

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Oceanic Shoals
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Oceanic Shoals
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 47.0 frequency
    Species Richness 19.0 frequency