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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160370

Preserved specimen of Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990) | Southern White-spot Octopus recorded on 1996-10-23
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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 code Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F160370
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160370
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Museums Victoria  
Supplied as "Dr Julian K Finn - Museums Victoria"
Sex Female
Individual count 1
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
Occurrence status PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Diver (snorkel or SCUBA)]

Event

Occurrence date 1996-10-23
Supplied date "1996-10-23T23:00:00\1996-10-23T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Diver (snorkel or SCUBA)  
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Incirrata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Callistoctopus bunurong
Supplied scientific name "Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)"
Taxon rank species
Common name Southern White-spot Octopus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Callistoctopus
Species Callistoctopus bunurong
Match type exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Stranks, 1990)
Name type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Portsea Pier
Latitude -38.32
Supplied as: "-38.32"
Longitude 144.72
Supplied as: "144.72"
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Portsea Pier
Minimum depth in meters 4.5
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) POINT NEPEAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 689.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 206.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 209.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98