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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.447300

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 2002-09-18
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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.447300
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468432,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.447300"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector I.W. Loch & D.L. Beechey
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 05/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10065584
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 05/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 2002-09-18
Supplied date "2002-09-18/2002-09-18"
End day of year 261
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 261

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -23.166666
Supplied as: "-23.166666"
Longitude 150.79167
Supplied as: "150.79167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Keppel Bay, Kemps Beach
Location remarks [MAL# 54858] Australia, Queensland, Keppel Bay, Kemps Beach (23° 10' 00" S, 150° 47' 30" E) 18/09/2002 - 18/09/2002, Loch, Mr Ian W - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector), Beechey, Mr Desmond Lloyd - Australian Museum - Malacology(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 10' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 47' 30" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Shoalwater Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shoalwater Coast
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WATER PARK CREEK
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Capricornia
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVINGSTONE SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KEPPEL
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 14075.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2685.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1054.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 121.666664 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 438.66666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 452.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.733334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.466666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.466667 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85333335