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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F327255

Preserved specimen of Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898 | Waratah Anemone recorded on 2026-02-26
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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 F327255
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F327255
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|wet|formalin 10%, buffered|formalin 10%
Identified by Audrey Falconer - Marine Research Group of FNCV  
Collector Marine Research Group of FNCV
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
Field Number MRG 947
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [hand]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2026-03-03
Supplied as 03/03/2026

Event

Event ID MRG 947
Field Number MRG 947
Occurrence date 2026-02-26
Supplied date "2026-02-26T00:00:00\2026-02-26T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol hand  
End day of year 57
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 57

Taxonomy

Higher classification Cnidaria | Anthozoa | Hexacorallia | Actiniaria | Nyantheae | Actiniidae
Scientific name Actinia tenebrosa
Supplied scientific name "Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898"
Identified to rank species
Common name Waratah Anemone
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Actiniaria
Family Actiniidae
Genus Actinia
Species Actinia tenebrosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Farquhar, 1898
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Point Danger, south of Portland
Latitude -38.3935
Supplied as: "-38.3935"
Longitude 141.65
Supplied as: "141.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Point Danger, south of Portland
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 1
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol estimated from Google maps
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2026-03-05T00:00
Supplied as 2026-03-05T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID MRG 947

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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 293c5f96-67d9-41d7-a6f3-0f5a474efa7c
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
    Coordinates -38.3935,141.65
    Related records
    Record UUID 56b2fefa-80f8-4ba1-8509-43fb646e8f81
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
    Coordinates -38.3935,141.65
    Record UUID fc3917ec-9787-48ea-8636-18d69372e4a0
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
    Coordinates -38.3935,141.65

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunditj Mirring Non-Extinguishment Principle ILUA
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements (updated 24 March 2026) Gunditj Mirring and State of Victoria
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Registered Native Title Bodies Corportate (updated 1 April 2026) Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunditj Mirring and State of Victoria
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gunditjmara - Part A
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8578.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1338.0 frequency