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Occurrence record: MO:S113394

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (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 S113394
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:113394
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 70% Ethanol
Identified by Reid, A.  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2009-01-01

Event

Event ID `Nanango`
Occurrence date Year: 1969, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1969 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Habitat Marine
Latitude -14.3333
Supplied as: "-14.3333"
Longitude 125.8333
Supplied as: "125.8333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14°20`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 125°50`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    CAPAD 2018 Marine North Kimberley
    CAPAD 2020 Marine North Kimberley
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) North Kimberley
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Kimberley
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Shelf Transition
    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 Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Kimberley
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Uunguu Part A

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 30.0 frequency
    Species Richness 19.0 frequency