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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.457974

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1983-06-21
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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.457974
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468208,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.457974"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector B.W. Jenkins
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 28/Feb/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10041788
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 28/Feb/2007
Occurrence date 1983-06-21
Supplied date "1983-06-21/1983-06-21"
End day of year 172
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 172

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -18.1
Supplied as: "-18.1"
Longitude 122.333336
Supplied as: "122.333336"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Roebuck Bay, S of Broome
Location remarks [MAL# 2341 B] Australia, Western Australia, Roebuck Bay, S of Broome (18° 06' 00" S, 122° 20' 00" E) 21/06/1983 - 21/06/1983, Jenkins, B W(Collector), Beach.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 06' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 122° 20' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Yawuru Nagulagun / Roebuck Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Yawuru
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Yawuru
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Canning
    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 Canning
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Yawuru
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Yawuru Area Agreement ILUA
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Yawuru
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Yawuru Area Agreement ILUA
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF BROOME

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 12443.0 frequency
    Species Richness 291.0 frequency