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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z71523

Material Sample of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale
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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 DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z71523
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z71523
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|Muscle|ethanol 70%|-196°C
Collector Gill, Peter  
Supplied as "Peter Gill"
Sex Female
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
Related resource id urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C35884
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource same individual
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [found]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Disposition In collection

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2004, Month: 1, Day:
Supplied as year:2004  month:1 
Sampling protocol found  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Physeteridae
Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Identified to rank species
Common name Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Physeteridae
Genus Physeter
Species Physeter macrocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Discovery Bay, Black's Beach
Latitude -38.28
Supplied as: "-38.28"
Longitude 141.33
Supplied as: "141.33"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Discovery Bay, Black's Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 70%
preparation type Muscle
preservation date begin 2023-07-10T00:00:00
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type ethanol 70%

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    First of the year Warning
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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 3b8186c5-c9bd-4fc3-8b8b-5cbc6e6fa66b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33
    Related records
    Record UUID a59f80cc-0e77-4b69-a300-417e74cea0b7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33
    Record UUID 3c7ee9f1-f53e-4ba2-853e-04987af62702
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33
    Record UUID fcf7e2f4-7ab0-4af6-b7d3-c39d96de0bda
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33
    Record UUID ff55d9ff-2365-496f-8b55-184f36c5c389
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33
    Record UUID c2b8c3d6-fe1e-4b6b-8853-d3dfe054c7ba
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.28,141.33

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Mackay-Capricorn
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)