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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125659

Preserved specimen of Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918) | Hedley's Cuttlefish recorded on 1961-11/1961-11
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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.125659
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468126,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125659"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector J. Kerslake
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: alisonm 26/Feb/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10035096
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: alisonm 26/Feb/2007
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1961, Month: 11, Day:
Supplied date "1961-11/1961-11"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Decorisepia hedleyi
Supplied scientific name "Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hedley's Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Decorisepia
Species Decorisepia hedleyi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Decorisepia hedleyi (Berry, 1918)
Scientific name authorship (Berry, 1918)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Berry, 1918)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -30.883333
Supplied as: "-30.883333"
Longitude 153.03334
Supplied as: "153.03334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality South West Rocks Beach, Trial Bay
Location remarks [MAL# 31604] Australia, New South Wales, South West Rocks Beach, Trial Bay (30° 53' 00" S, 153° 02' 00" E) /11/1961 - /11/1961, Kerslake, J(Collector), Beach.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 53' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 02' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) NSW North Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Macleay Hastings
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macleay Hastings
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACLEAY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Kempsey
    Indigenous Locations 2021 South West Rocks
    Indigenous Regions 2021 NSW Central and North Coast
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Cowper
    Electorates March 2025 Cowper
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kempsey (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kempsey
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kempsey
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KEMPSEY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 47
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3354
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH WEST ROCKS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KEMPSEY - NAMBUCCA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MID NORTH COAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) COWPER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KEMPSEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SOUTH WEST ROCKS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) OXLEY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Oxley
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 South West Rocks
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2431
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10802116012
    Statistical Areas Level 2 South West Rocks
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kempsey - Nambucca
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Mid North Coast
    Tourism Regions 2021 North Coast NSW
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14312.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2013.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1354.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 200.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 460.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 514.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 29.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.5 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0