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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160236

Preserved specimen of Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 | Gloomy Octopus recorded on 1996-07-23
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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 F160236
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160236
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector 1.  Norman, D. Mark   2.  Museums Victoria  
Supplied as "Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria"
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1996-07-23
Supplied date "1996-07-23T13:15:00\1996-07-23T14:15:00"
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:15:00\14:15:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus tetricus
Supplied scientific name "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gloomy Octopus
Supplied common name "Common Sydney Octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus tetricus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1852
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Shoal Bay, Port Stephens
Latitude -32.7
Supplied as: "-32.7"
Longitude 152.17
Supplied as: "152.17"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Shoal Bay, Port Stephens
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 596f2643-fb32-469a-8835-25f3dcf8ad7c
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -32.7,152.17
    Related records
    Record UUID d262de51-89ac-4fdb-aad9-f452c89e7ab6
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
    Coordinates -32.7,152.17

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    Directory of Important Wetlands Port Stephens Estuary
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Manning Shelf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYNE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES