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Occurrence record: T-MRMCS0400000F7D5

Human observation of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | Common Octopus recorded on 2019-11-24
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Overview

Occurrence ID T-MRMCS0400000F7D5
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 - Common Octopus
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2019-11-24 (Day)
Locality West of Old Wall
Location Grid Reference: SW862288 Latitude: 50.12091 Longitude: -4.990951
Recorded by Matt Slater
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct
Occurrence vitality alive

Dataset

Data partner Seasearch
Data resource Seasearch Marine Surveys in England
Bibliographic citation Seasearch ([Insert download year]). Seasearch Marine Surveys in England. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Collection code MRMCS040000000B2
Institution code Supplied institution code "Seasearch"

Abundance

Organism quantity R
Organism quantity type SACFORN

Event

Occurrence date 2019-11-24
Date precision Day
Event date 2019-11-24
Event ID MRMCS0400000076A.001

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 England
Locality West of Old Wall
Latitude (WGS84) 50.12091
Longitude (WGS84) -4.990951
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 MRMCS0400000076A
Grid reference SW862288
Verbatim depth -23.3 to -21.3 m

Additional properties

aphia id 140605

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