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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F80395

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1983-02-17
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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 F80395
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F80395
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Identified by Amanda L. Reid  
Collector Northern Fisheries Research Centre - Queensland
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 1996

Event

Occurrence date 1983-02-17
Supplied date "1983-02-17T23:34:00\1983-02-17T00:00:00"
End day of year 48
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:34:00
Start day of year 48

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Sepiida | Sepiidae
Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Supplied common name "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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Gulf of Carpentaria Stn 20
Latitude -16.25
Supplied as: "-16.25"
Longitude 139.75
Supplied as: "139.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gulf of Carpentaria Stn 20
Minimum depth in metres 34
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Label
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 57f3bdc3-ed04-4091-a440-7a600eeb2f68
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -16.25,139.75
    Related records
    Record UUID e398e64e-8a3c-4bac-ad24-4d2ef6a433b3
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sepia elliptica Hoyle, 1885
    Coordinates -16.25,139.75

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Karumba-Nassau
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Karumba-Nassau
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Thuwathu/Walalu
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Thuwathu/Bujimulla
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Gulf of Carpentaria
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 17.0 frequency
    Species Richness 13.0 frequency