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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.476365.001

Preserved specimen of OCTOPODIDAE | Octopuses recorded on 1984-02-03
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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.476365.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1468404","urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.476365.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Malacology:C.476365.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "70% ethanol";
Identified by O'Shea, Dr Steve  
Collector Csiro  
Supplied as "CSIRO"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Bottom trawl]
Date identified 2019-09
Supplied as 2019-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10056485
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "Expert"; ecatalogue.IdeSpecimenQuality: "Good";
Occurrence date 1984-02-03
Sampling protocol Bottom trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name OCTOPODIDAE
Supplied scientific name "Scaeurgus"
Identified to rank family
Common name Octopuses
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Scaeurgus
Name match metric higherMatch
Accepted name Scaeurgus
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -17.283
Supplied as: "-17.283"
Longitude 120.2
Supplied as: "120.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Off Broome
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[MAL# 35250] Australia, Western Australia, Off Broome (17° 17' 00" S, 120° 12' 00" E) 03/02/1984 - 03/02/1984, Bottom trawl, 1/84";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 17' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 120° 12' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/9/11
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/9/11
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone