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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F160144

Preserved specimen of Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993) | Plain-spot Octopus recorded on 1993-01-23
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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 Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F160144
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F160144
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet|ethanol 70%
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number SS0193 40
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, demersal]
Dataset / Survey name [SS0193]

Event

Dataset / Survey name SS0193  
Event ID SS0193 40
Field Number SS0193 40
Occurrence date 1993-01-23
Supplied date "1993-01-23T06:55:00\1993-01-23T07:25:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, demersal  
End day of year 23
Date precision DAY
Event time 06:55:00\07:25:00
Start day of year 23

Taxonomy

Higher classification Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Coleoidea | Octopoda | Inciraiata | Octopodidae
Scientific name Amphioctopus exannulatus
Supplied scientific name "Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plain-spot Octopus
Supplied common name "octopus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Amphioctopus
Species Amphioctopus exannulatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Norman, 1993)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality 93km west/southwest of Weipa
Latitude -12.6783
Supplied as: "-12.6783"
Longitude 141.085
Supplied as: "141.085"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 93km west/southwest of Weipa
Minimum depth in metres 45
Maximum depth in metres 45
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SS0193 40

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Carpentaria
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Carpentaria
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf Region
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 543.0 frequency
    Species Richness 231.0 frequency