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Occurrence record: invertebrates:E21108

Preserved specimen of Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) | Fire Squid recorded on 2004-07-30
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number E21108
Occurrence ID TMAG: E21108
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by T.J. Verhoeff  
Collector A. Graham
Individual count 2
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [MIDOC net]
Date identified 2020-11-17
Supplied as 17/11/2020

Event

Occurrence date 2004-07-30
Supplied date "30/07/2004"
Sampling protocol MIDOC net  
End day of year 212
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 212

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pyroteuthis margaritifera
Original name usage Pyroteuthis margaritifera
Identified to rank species
Common name Fire Squid
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Oegopsida
Family Pyroteuthidae
Genus Pyroteuthis
Species Pyroteuthis margaritifera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Rüppell, 1844)
Supplied as (Rueppell, 1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Southern Ocean: 80km WSW of Strahan_stn SS200407_085
Latitude -42.3188
Supplied as: "-42.3188"
Longitude 144.1
Supplied as: "144.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Southern Ocean: 80km WSW of Strahan_stn SS200407_085
Coordinate precision 1.0e-03
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Pyroteuthis margaritifera

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmania Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 0.0 frequency
    Species Richness 0.0 frequency