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Occurrence record: LC000053000A3T20

Human observation of Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Cuttlefish recorded on 2025-02-14
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Overview

Occurrence ID LC000053000A3T20
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Cuttlefish
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 2025-02-14 (Day)
Locality Saltburn beach
Location Grid Reference: NZ6522 Latitude: 54.5889155009554 Longitude: -0.9832806294688
Recorded by Ambroise Baker
Identified by Ambroise Baker
Identification verification status Accepted - correct
Occurrence remarks Bone picked up from Saltburn beach where there were over a dozen within 2m2; all similarly sized. Picked because never seen before on this beach but I'm familiar with these bones from Sussex coast

Dataset

Data partner Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Data resource Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records
Bibliographic citation Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland ([Insert year of download]), Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland: marine mollusc records. Occurrence dataset
Collection code LC000053000A000J

Event

Occurrence date 2025-02-14
Sampling protocol Field Observation
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-02-14
Event ID LC000053000A0GAM

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Common name Common Cuttlefish
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 Sepia officinalis
Genus Sepia
Family Sepiidae
Order Sepiida
Class Cephalopoda
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0021055231
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Locality Saltburn beach
Latitude (WGS84) 54.5889155009554
Longitude (WGS84) -0.9832806294688
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 100.0
Georeference verification status Accepted
Grid size in meters 1000
Grid reference NZ6522

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