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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.125324

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish recorded on 1949-09-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Malacology Collection
Supplied collection code "Malacology"
Catalog number C.125324
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10468308,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.125324"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miller, Ms Alison Clair - Australian Museum - Malacology  
Collector G.P. Whitley
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2025-01-17
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10037139
Identification remarks id extracted from texpress reg db. entered by: ianl 02/Mar/2007
Occurrence date 1949-09-01
Supplied date "1949-09-01/1949-09-01"
End day of year 244
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 244

Taxonomy

Scientific name Acanthosepion ellipticum
Supplied scientific name "Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ovalbone Cuttlefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiida
Family Sepiidae
Genus Acanthosepion
Species Acanthosepion ellipticum
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885)
Scientific name authorship (Hoyle, 1885)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hoyle, 1885)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -11.5
Supplied as: "-11.5"
Longitude 125.5
Supplied as: "125.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Timor Sea
Location remarks [MAL# 67639 B] Australia, Western Australia, Timor Sea (11° 30' 00" S, 125° 30' 00" E) 01/09/1949 - 01/09/1949, Whitley, G P(Collector), RV "Stanley Fowler".
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 11° 30' 00" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 125° 30' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 693.0 frequency
    Species Richness 201.0 frequency