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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A17233

Preserved specimen of Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 | Bigbelly Seahorse recorded on 1995-12-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A17233
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A17233
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Matthew Lockett - Museum Victoria  
Collector 1.  Lockett, Matthew   2.  Museum Victoria   3.  Moore, K.  
Supplied as "Matthew Lockett - Museum Victoria | K Moore"
Sex Male | Female
Individual count 4
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number MFG 129
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [SCUBA and rotenone]
Date identified 1996

Event

Event ID MFG 129
Field Number MFG 129
Occurrence date 1995-12-02
Supplied date "1995-12-02T14:20:00\1995-12-02T15:30:00"
Sampling protocol SCUBA and rotenone  
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:20:00\15:30:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Syngnathiformes | Syngnathoidei | Syngnathidae
Scientific name Hippocampus abdominalis
Supplied scientific name "Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bigbelly Seahorse
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Hippocampus
Species Hippocampus abdominalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lesson, 1827
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, Point Wilson explosives pier, eastern landing at end of pier
Latitude -38.0967
Supplied as: "-38.0967"
Longitude 144.535
Supplied as: "144.535"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, Point Wilson explosives pier, eastern landing at end of pier
Minimum depth in metres 9
Maximum depth in metres 9
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)