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Occurrence record: T-MRMCS003000002A8

Human observation of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | Common Octopus recorded on 1999-07-29
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Overview

Occurrence ID T-MRMCS003000002A8
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 - Common Octopus
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 1999-07-29 (Day)
Locality S of the Oa - dive 3
Location Grid Reference: NR270413 Latitude: 55.58905 Longitude: -6.334326
Recorded by Elizabeth Sides
Identification verification status Unconfirmed - plausible
Occurrence vitality alive

Dataset

Data partner Seasearch
Data resource Seasearch Marine Surveys in Scotland
Bibliographic citation Seasearch ([Insert download year]). Seasearch Marine Surveys in Scotland. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Collection code MRMCS00300000002
Institution code Supplied institution code "Seasearch"

Abundance

Organism quantity P

Event

Occurrence date 1999-07-29
Date precision Day
Event date 1999-07-29
Event ID MRMCS00300000022.01

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Common name Common Octopus
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Exact match
The supplied name matched the name exactly.
Species Octopus vulgaris
Genus Octopus
Family Octopodidae
Order Octopoda
Class Cephalopoda
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000176785
Supplied taxon ID "140605"
Taxonomic issue No issues
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship Cuvier, 1797

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Scotland
Locality S of the Oa - dive 3
Latitude (WGS84) 55.58905
Longitude (WGS84) -6.334326
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Location remarks Sublittoral
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 70.7
Grid size in meters 100
Location ID MRMCS00300000022
Grid reference NR270413
Verbatim depth Unknown

Additional properties

aphia id 140605

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