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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:J66018

Preserved specimen of Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) | European Shore Crab recorded on 1997-10-03
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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 J66018
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:J66018
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Ruby Albury - Museum Victoria  
Collector Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MAFRI), Victoria  
Supplied as "Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MAFRI), Victoria"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number MAFRI-G 38 T1 4
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trap]

Event

Event ID MAFRI-G 38 T1 4
Field Number MAFRI-G 38 T1 4
Occurrence date 1997-10-03
Supplied date "1997-10-03T00:00:00\1997-10-03T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trap  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Arthropoda | Crustacea | Multicrustacea | Malacostraca | Eumalacostraca | Eucarida | Decapoda | Pleocyemata | Brachyura | Portunidae | Carcininae
Scientific name Carcinus maenas
Supplied scientific name "Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name European Shore Crab
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Carcinidae
Supplied as "Portunidae"
Genus Carcinus
Species Carcinus maenas
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 Pt Wilson, Corio Bay, Geelong
Latitude -38.08
Supplied as: "-38.08"
Longitude 144.52
Supplied as: "144.52"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Pt Wilson, Corio Bay, Geelong
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)