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Occurrence record: ANFC:A 1475

Preserved specimen of Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) | Shortfin Worm Eel recorded on 1954
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number A 1475
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:A 1475
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Y Hibino  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2015-01
Identification remarks 1s - Highly reliable identification - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Identification remarks 1s - Highly reliable identification - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1954, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1954"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scolecenchelys australis
Supplied scientific name "Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shortfin Worm Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Ophichthidae
Genus Scolecenchelys
Species Scolecenchelys australis
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282707
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1881)
Supplied as (MacLeay, 1881)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Rottnest Island
Latitude -32.0
Supplied as: "-32"
Longitude 115.53333
Supplied as: "115.53333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (115.53333 -32.00000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Rottnest Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SWAN COAST-AVON RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Islands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cockburn (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cockburn
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF COCKBURN
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 33
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1596
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER PERTH
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FREMANTLE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FREMANTLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) PERTH - SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FREMANTLE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) COCKBURN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COCKBURN - COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PERTH
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FREMANTLE, SM
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.566666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Elevation 5.0 m