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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F82928

Preserved specimen of Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 | Southern Sand Octopus recorded on 1997-01-05
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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 F82928
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F82928
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Julian K Finn - Museums Victoria  
Sex Unknown
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
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA]
Date identified 1997

Event

Occurrence date 1997-01-05
Supplied date "1997-01-05T23:00:00\1997-01-05T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA  
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Octopus kaurna
Supplied scientific name "Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Sand Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Octopus
Species Octopus kaurna
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Stranks, 1990
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality St Leonards Pier
Verbatim locality St Leonards Pier
Minimum depth in metres 4
Maximum depth in metres 4
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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