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Occurrence record: MO:S113400

Preserved specimen of Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885 | Ovalbone Cuttlefish
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S113400
Other catalog numbers ["29819"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:113400
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Special Alcohol 75% (Ethanol 93% & Methanol 7%)
Collector Morrison, S. & Unsworth, P.
Individual count 4
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Trawl]

Event

Event ID FWA-WAM RV "Naturaliste" Exmouth Gulf Survey I Mar 2004
Occurrence date Year: 2004, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2004 
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia elliptica
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Sepia
Species Sepia elliptica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hoyle, 1885
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -22.267
Supplied as: "-22.2670"
Longitude 114.1735
Supplied as: "114.1735"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation -8.6
Max elevation -8.9
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to Label
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 22°16.02`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°10.41`E

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Min and max altitude reversed Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
    Occurrence status inferred from individual count Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Pilbara (nearshore)
    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 Pilbara (nearshore)
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Geraldton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 716.0 frequency
    Species Richness 331.0 frequency