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Occurrence record: Herpetology:J81627

Preserved specimen of Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin, 1983 | Small-headed Seasnake recorded on 1997-10-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Amphibians and Reptiles
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number J81627
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Herpetology:J81627
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by P Couper  
Life stage Female
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 1275
Sampling protocol [Trawler bycatch]

Event

Occurrence date 1997-10-27
Sampling protocol Trawler bycatch  
Verbatim event date 27 Oct 1997
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrophis macdowelli
Identified to rank species
Common name Small-headed Seasnake
Supplied common name "Small-headed Sea Snake"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Elapidae
Genus Hydrophis
Species Hydrophis macdowelli
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Kharin, 1983
Subfamily Hydrophiinae
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Moondalbee I, E
Latitude -16.436944
Supplied as: "-16.436944"
Longitude 140.03
Supplied as: "140.03"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 18
Field notes 1275
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16° 26' 13" South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140° 1' 48" East

Additional properties

object id QMJ81627

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Gulf of Carpentaria
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Karumba-Nassau
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER