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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.32267

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale recorded on 1983-01-25
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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 Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.32267
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4025905","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.32267"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.32267
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Gibson, L  
Collector Gibson, L
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [helicopter]
State conservation Vulnerable

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4001969
Occurrence date 1983-01-25
Sampling protocol helicopter  
End day of year 25
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 25

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Supplied scientific name "Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758"
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
Accepted name Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.45
Supplied as: "-33.45"
Longitude 151.466
Supplied as: "151.466"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Foresters Beach, near Terrigal
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Foresters Beach, near Terrigal (33° 27' S, 151° 28' E) 25/01/1983 - 25/01/1983, helicopter, Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 27' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 28' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/9/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Hawkesbury Shelf
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 72821.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3447.0 frequency