Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Octopus kaurna

  • Author and date of publication

    Stranks, 1990

  • Preferred Common name

    Southern Sand Octopus

  • Date Identified

    30/01/2015

  • Identified By

    Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, buffered, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Collected By

    Dr Julian Finn - Museum Victoria, Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    SCUBA, hand net

  • Date Visited From

    23/01/2015 1:16 AM

  • Date Visited To

    23/01/2015 2:07 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    3.2

  • Depth From (m)

    1

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    Yorke Peninsula, North of Edithburgh Jetty

  • Latitude

    -35.0837

  • Longitude

    137.749

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original

  • Georeference Date

    2015-01-30T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria