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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:1979:5:0052

Preserved specimen of Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) | Shortfin Worm Eel
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:1979:5:0052
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Individual count 2
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1979, Month: 6, Day:
Supplied as year:1979.0  month:06 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scolecenchelys australis
Supplied scientific name "Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shortfin Worm Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Not Used"
Order Anguilliformes
Family Ophichthidae
Genus Scolecenchelys
Species Scolecenchelys australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1881)
Supplied as McCulloch, 1911
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Eddystone Point
Latitude -41.083333
Supplied as: "-41.083333"
Longitude 148.383333
Supplied as: "148.383333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Depth 40.0
Verbatim coordinates 41°05'00"S 148°23'00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Freycinet