Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2239

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 1996-05-23

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code	South Australian Museum Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection	South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number	CS2239
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:573538"]
Record type	Human observation Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count	1
License	CC-BY
Type	Event
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Country conservation	Endangered
Occurrence remarks	600m from shore. 800m from observer. How observed: naked eye and binoculars Sighting Note: whale appeared to stop and circle at GR 5445 075, watched for 3km Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation	Endangered Supplied as E

Event

Event ID	urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208649
Occurrence date	1996-05-23
Date precision	DAY
Event time	14:30:

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Balaenoptera musculus Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Blue Whale
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Balaenopteridae
Genus	Balaenoptera
Species	Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	South Australia
Latitude	-36.07 Supplied as: "-36.07"
Longitude	136.7 Supplied as: "136.70"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Cape du Couedic \| Remarkable Rocks to Cape du Couedic
Coordinate precision	0.01
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	36 04 S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	136 42 E

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Show/Hide 94 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinate precision invalid	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Passed
Individual count invalid	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 7 missing properties
Missing geodetic datum	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Missing taxon rank	Missing
Show/Hide 21 tests that have not been run
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
Australian Coral Ecoregions	South-east Australia
CAPAD 2016 Marine	Western Kangaroo Island
CAPAD 2020 Marine	Western Kangaroo Island
NRM Regions 2010	Kangaroo Island
NRM Regions 2017	Kangaroo Island
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Kangaroo Island
Biodiversity
IMCRA 4 Regions	Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions	Eyre
States including coastal waters	South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

Environmental sampling for this location

Topography
Elevation	80.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Balaenoptera musculus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7e4c6605-37df-4dd8-9e0a-1477c0451e4a
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d38b60a3-b004-48cd-80b1-862c61952963
	Order	Cetacea	Cetacea
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d38b60a3-b004-48cd-80b1-862c61952963
	Genus	Balaenoptera	Balaenoptera
	Left		52780
	Scientific name authorship		(Linnaeus, 1758)
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/11165fa3-fee1-497c-b85f-2a370cdf787c
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Blue Whale
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2304bbc8-679f-4c68-9861-88b7c579ff3d
	Right		52786
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Specific epithet	musculus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9e7db31-04df-41fb-bd8d-e0b0f3c332d6
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
	Species		Balaenoptera musculus
	Family	Balaenopteridae	Balaenopteridae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208649
	Year		1996
	Month		5
	Date precision		DAY
	Event time	14:30:
	Day		23
	Event date	1996-05-23	1996-05-23
Occurrence	Individual count	1	1
	Type		Event
	Catalog number	CS2239
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HUMAN_OBSERVATION
	Modified	2021-10-19	2021-10-19
	Collection code	Mammalogy
	Institution code	SAMA
	Country conservation	Endangered
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:573538]
	Occurrence remarks	600m from shore. 800m from observer. How observed: naked eye and binoculars Sighting Note: whale appeared to stop and circle at GR 5445 075, watched for 3km Images at South Australian Museum: no
	State conservation	E	Endangered
Attribution	Data resource		South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
	Collection		South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
	License		CC-BY
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr346	dr346
	Institution ID		in22
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		South Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co126
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-36.07	-36.07
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	136.70	136.7
	State province	South Australia	South Australia
	Verbatim locality	Cape du Couedic \| Remarkable Rocks to Cape du Couedic
	Verbatim latitude	36 04 S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	136 42 E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Coordinate precision	0.01	0.01

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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2239

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