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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.547810

Preserved specimen of Ascarosepion apama (Gray, 1849) recorded on 1923/1923
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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 Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.547810
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10490700,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.547810"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector W.E.J. Paradice
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-16
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10033828
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: texpress 01/Sep/1999
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1923, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1923/1923"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ascarosepion apama
Supplied scientific name "Ascarosepion apama (Gray, J.E., 1849)"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Ascarosepion
Species Ascarosepion apama
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Ascarosepion apama (Gray, J.E., 1849)
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1849)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gray, J.E., 1849)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.841667
Supplied as: "-33.841667"
Longitude 151.275
Supplied as: "151.275"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Watsons Bay, Port Jackson
Location remarks [MAL# 37304] Australia, New South Wales, Watsons Bay, Port Jackson (33° 50' 30" S, 151° 16' 30" E) 1923 - 1923, Paradice, Dr W E J(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 50' 30" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 16' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Wentworth
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WENTWORTH
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 304704.0 frequency
    Species Richness 13953.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1262.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 278.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 234.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 345.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 407.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.650002 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6499996 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.15 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.75 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.65 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.465 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.55 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.25 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.4 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.835
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0