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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160377

Preserved specimen of Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 | Southern Sand Octopus recorded on 1997-05-24
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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 F160377
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160377
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector 1.  Finn, J.   2.  Norman, D. Mark   3.  Museums Victoria  
Supplied as "J Finn | Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
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
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [hand net]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1997-05-24
Supplied date "1997-05-24T21:30:00\1997-05-24T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol hand net  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:30:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus kaurna
Supplied scientific name "Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus kaurna
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Stranks, 1990
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | South Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Spencer Gulf, Port Victoria jetty
Latitude -34.5
Supplied as: "-34.5"
Longitude 137.48
Supplied as: "137.48"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Spencer Gulf, Port Victoria jetty
Minimum depth in metres 4
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Georeference protocol gazetteer (Aus)
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID c700446a-b604-4ba8-89f5-d6f721a40b36
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990
    Coordinates -34.5,137.48
    Related records
    Record UUID dbf663f1-4cde-4f10-942d-0e384ff83cbe
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990
    Coordinates -34.5,137.48

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Eastern Spencer Gulf
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Eastern Spencer Gulf
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern and Yorke
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern and Yorke
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern and Yorke
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Spencer Gulf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Narungga Local Government
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 YORKE PENINSULA COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 354.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 143.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 39.25 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 47.75 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 41.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 144.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.975 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.275 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.875 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.45 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.95 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.175 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3075
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.67