Occurrence record: 24313874

Human observation of Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) | Curled Octopus recorded on 2022-03-04
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Overview

Occurrence ID 24313874
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) - Curled Octopus
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2022-03-04 (Day)
Locality Giant's Causeway
Location Grid Reference: C949447 Latitude: 55.240614 Longitude: -6.508073
Recorded by Staff and Volunteers, National Trust North Coast
Identified by Staff and Volunteers, National Trust North Coast
Identification verification status Accepted - correct

Dataset

Data partner Centre for Environmental Data and Recording
Data resource CEDaR Online Recording
Collection code CEDaR Recording | General CEDaR Records

Abundance

Individual count 1

Event

Occurrence date 2022-03-04
Date precision Day
Event date 2022-03-04
Event remarks Dead. Along the Port Noffer storm strand line
Event ID 17621959

Taxonomy

Scientific name Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
Supplied scientific name "Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)"
Common name Curled Octopus
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Eledone cirrhosa
Genus Eledone
Family Octopodidae
Order Octopoda
Class Cephalopoda
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000175097
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Lamarck, 1798)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Northern Ireland
Locality Giant's Causeway
Latitude (WGS84) 55.240614
Longitude (WGS84) -6.508073
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 70.7
Bbox 55.240175,-6.508875,55.241053,-6.50727
Grid size in meters 100
Easting 294900
Northing 444700
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-6.50888 55.24017,-6.50888 55.24105,-6.50727 55.24105,-6.50727 55.24017,-6.50888 55.24017))
Grid reference C949447

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    Ireland
    Ireland and coastal waters Ireland and coastal waters
    Northern Ireland
    Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Northern Ireland) Causeway Coast
    Areas of Special Scientific Interest (Northern Ireland) Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick
    DiveNI Sites 500m buffer Grand Causeway
    River Basin Districts (Northern Ireland) North Eastern
    Seascape Character Assessment (Northern Ireland) Causeway Coast
    Special Areas of Conservation (Northern Ireland) North Antrim Coast
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