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Occurrence record: MO:S113396

Preserved specimen of Acanthosepion ellipticum (Hoyle, 1885) | Ovalbone Cuttlefish
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mollusc Collection
Supplied collection code "MO"
Catalog number S113396
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MO:113396
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations 75% Ethanol
Identified by Reid, A.  
Collector Ottaway, J.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Epibenthic sledge]
Date identified 2009-01-01

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1982, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1982 
Sampling protocol Epibenthic sledge  
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Habitat Marine
Latitude -19.8666
Supplied as: "-19.8666"
Longitude 148.0833
Supplied as: "148.0833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 95
Coordinate precision Unknown
Location according to G-EARTH
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19°52`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148°05`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Central & North GBR
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Port of Abbot Point and Abbot Point State Development Area ILUA
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Electorates March 2025 Dawson
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Port of Abbot Point and Abbot Point State Development Area ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bowen
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURDEKIN
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 22558.0 frequency
    Species Richness 551.0 frequency