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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A4209

Preserved specimen of Vanacampus margaritifer (Peters, 1868) | Mother-of-pearl Pipefish
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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 A4209
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A4209
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|unknown|ethanol 70%
Collector Museum Godeffroy  
Supplied as "Museum Godeffroy"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Syngnathiformes | Syngnathoidei | Syngnathidae
Scientific name Vanacampus margaritifer
Supplied scientific name "Vanacampus margaritifer (Peters, 1869)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Mother-of-pearl Pipefish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Vanacampus
Species Vanacampus margaritifer
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Peters, 1868)
Supplied as (Peters, 1869)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Marshall Islands
Country Marshall Islands
Locality Boston Island
Verbatim locality Boston Island
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code MH

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