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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P19104.001

Preserved specimen of Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) | Basking Shark
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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 Fish Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number P19104.001
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P19104.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by McKay, R.J.  
Collector Butcher, F.  
Supplied as "Butcher, F."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Data generalizations Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Migratory
Date identified 1970-01-01

Event

Verbatim event date 1969-11-10
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cetorhinus maximus
Identified to rank species
Common name Basking Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Lamniformes
Family Cetorhinidae
Genus Cetorhinus
Species Cetorhinus maximus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gunnerus, 1765)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -33.7
Supplied as: "-33.7"
Longitude 115.3
Supplied as: "115.3"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Migratory in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 Condamine
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Condamine
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eastern Darling Downs
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Toowoomba (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Toowoomba - Central
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOOWOOMBA REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 60
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 4422
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA - CENTRAL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GROOM
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA - CENTRAL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TOOWOOMBA - CENTRAL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOOWOOMBA NORTH
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 801.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 315.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 316.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.47
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.1125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.62
    Elevation 608.0 m