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Occurrence record: Malacology:C.131536

Preserved specimen of Euprymna tasmanica (Steenstrup, 1887) | Southern Bobtail Squid recorded on 1938-09-17
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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.131536
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2424802,urn:catalog:AM:Malacology:C.131536"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Allan, Joyce  
Collector CSIRO
Specimen type cited
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1945

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1254625
Occurrence date 1938-09-17
Supplied date "1938-09-17/1938-09-17"
End day of year 260
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 260

Taxonomy

Scientific name Euprymna tasmanica
Supplied scientific name "Euprymna tasmanica (Pfeffer, 1884)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bobtail Squid
Supplied common name "Southern Dumpling Squid"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Sepiolida
Family Sepiolidae
Genus Euprymna
Species Euprymna tasmanica
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Euprymna tasmanica (Pfeffer, 1884)
Scientific name authorship (Steenstrup, 1887)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Pfeffer, 1884)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -24.333334
Supplied as: "-24.333334"
Longitude 153.03334
Supplied as: "153.03334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Near Heron Island
Location remarks [MAL# 90994] Australia, Queensland, Near Heron Island (24° 20' S, 153° 02' E) 17/09/1938 - 17/09/1938, CSIRO(Collector), Field Collected - Aquatic
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 24° 20' " S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 02' " E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tweed-Moreton
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Flynn
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURNETT

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 96.0 frequency
    Species Richness 68.0 frequency