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Occurrence record: T-MRMCS001000006A4

Human observation of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | Common Octopus recorded on 2003-06-15
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Overview

Occurrence ID T-MRMCS001000006A4
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 - Common Octopus
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2003-06-15 (Day)
Locality "The Yowan, Tenby"
Location Grid Reference: SS179993 Latitude: 51.6637 Longitude: -4.634207
Recorded by Dale Rostron
Identification verification status Accepted - considered correct
Occurrence vitality alive

Dataset

Data partner Seasearch
Data resource Seasearch Marine Surveys in Wales
Bibliographic citation Seasearch ([Insert download year]). Seasearch Marine Surveys in Wales. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Collection code MRMCS00100000002
Institution code Supplied institution code "Seasearch"

Abundance

Organism quantity R
Organism quantity type SACFORN

Event

Occurrence date 2003-06-15
Date precision Day
Event date 2003-06-15
Event ID MRMCS00100000030.02

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 Wales
Locality "The Yowan, Tenby"
Latitude (WGS84) 51.6637
Longitude (WGS84) -4.634207
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 MRMCS00100000030
Grid reference SS179993
Verbatim depth -6 to -3 m

Additional properties

aphia id 140605

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