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Occurrence record: DSS005640000CEMJ

Human observation of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | Common Octopus recorded on 1999-09-29
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Overview

Occurrence ID DSS005640000CEMJ
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 - Common Octopus
Licence CC-BY-NC
Record Date 1999-09-29 (Day)
Location Grid Reference: SJ39G Latitude: 53.429512 Longitude: -3.009842
Recorded by Norman Hammond
Identified by Norman Hammond
Identification verification status Unconfirmed - not reviewed
Occurrence remarks [Record reference - KF_3949]
Occurrence vitality not recorded

Dataset

Data partner Merseyside BioBank
Data resource Merseyside BioBank (unverified)
Bibliographic citation Merseyside BioBank (2020) www.merseysidebiobank.org.uk
Collection code DSS005640000006P
Institution code Supplied institution code "MBB"

Event

Occurrence date 1999-09-29
Date precision Day
Event date 1999-09-29
Event ID DSS0056400002PY5

Taxonomy

Scientific name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Common name Common 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 Octopus vulgaris
Genus Octopus
Family Octopodidae
Order Octopoda
Class Cephalopoda
Phylum Mollusca
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NBNSYS0000176785
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon marine
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship Cuvier, 1797

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province England
Latitude (WGS84) 53.429512
Longitude (WGS84) -3.009842
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 1414.2
Bbox 53.420396,-3.024674,53.438625,-2.995004
Grid size in meters 2000
Easting 332000
Northing 392000
Grid reference wkt POLYGON((-3.02467 53.4204,-3.02467 53.43863,-2.995 53.43863,-2.995 53.4204,-3.02467 53.4204))
Grid reference SJ39G

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