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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z20338

Material Sample of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle recorded on 2011-06-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z20338
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z20338
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|ethanol 95%|Kidney|-196°C
Identified by Dr Joanna Sumner - Museum Victoria  
Collector Melbourne Aquarium  
Supplied as "Melbourne Aquarium"
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Related resource id urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D74912
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource same individual
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [beach washed]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
Disposition In collection
State conservation Critically Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 2011-06-15
Supplied date "2011-06-15T00:00:00\2011-06-15T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol beach washed  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea | Dermochelyidae
Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Supplied common name "Leatherback Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality 0.25 miles (0.40 kms) south-west of Split Point lighthouse
Latitude -38.4692
Supplied as: "-38.4692"
Longitude 144.095
Supplied as: "144.095"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 0.25 miles (0.40 kms) south-west of Split Point lighthouse
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Approximation
Georeferenced by N. W. Longmore - Museums Victoria
Municipality Aireys Inlet
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 95% | frozen
preparation type Kidney
preservation date begin 2011-07-05T00:00:00
preservation temperature -196°C
preservation type ethanol 95% | frozen

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 04991f23-6a0a-4b77-a772-d9ea01ed4c5b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Related records
    Record UUID 878dd4a2-55e6-4e7f-8624-5faea7196802
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 4ac40614-f79b-4ea2-9329-5cdc99999d83
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 16294c97-3e3b-473f-baaa-1b0db0ff793c
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 67e1c206-49d7-4200-bd5d-40b7a1392aa2
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 752da014-2931-4be2-9ebd-7a4d5b9b42be
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID f9754358-ba71-46e0-a120-d99d32474927
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 3a782d78-ec91-4633-9b8a-0f86c6563e5d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095
    Record UUID 27818bc8-e4b7-4f55-a225-f3c3c7e0e3d7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -38.4692,144.095

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lockhart River
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1985.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 802.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1181.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.63
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 24.0 m