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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F51088

Preserved specimen of Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 | Octopus recorded on 1983-09-01
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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 F51088
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F51088
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|Wet|Isopropanol
Identified by G L. Voss  
Collector M Cannon
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage gravid
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number MP01 Shot 4
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Event ID MP01 Shot 4
Field Number MP01 Shot 4
Occurrence date 1983-09-01
Supplied date "1983-09-01T00:00:00\1983-09-01T00:00:00"
End day of year 244
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 244

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Cirrata | Opisthoteuthidae
Scientific name Opisthoteuthis persephone
Supplied scientific name "Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918"
Identified to rank species
Common name Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Opisthoteuthidae
Genus Opisthoteuthis
Species Opisthoteuthis persephone
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Berry, 1918
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality SW of Cape Grim
Latitude -41.02
Supplied as: "-41.02"
Longitude 143.52
Supplied as: "143.52"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality SW of Cape Grim
Minimum depth in metres 570
Maximum depth in metres 595
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

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    Biodiversity
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    Species Richness 0.0 frequency