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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A9495

Preserved specimen of Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993 | Smooth Lanternshark recorded on 1991-02-08
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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 A9495
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A9495
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Laura Jordan - University of California at Los Angeles/MV volunteer  
Identified date 23/11/2009
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
Field Number SS0191 66
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Dataset / Survey name [SS0191]
Date identified 2009-11-23
Supplied as 23/11/2009

Event

Dataset / Survey name SS0191  
Event ID SS0191 66
Field Number SS0191 66
Occurrence date 1991-02-08
Supplied date "1991-02-08T21:45:00\1991-02-08T22:15:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:45:00\22:15:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Squaliformes | Etmopteridae
Scientific name Etmopterus bigelowi
Supplied scientific name "Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993"
Identified to rank species
Common name Smooth Lanternshark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Squaliformes
Family Etmopteridae
Genus Etmopterus
Species Etmopterus bigelowi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality 54 km SW of Green Head
Latitude -30.2783
Supplied as: "-30.2783"
Longitude 114.503
Supplied as: "114.503"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 54 km SW of Green Head
Minimum depth in metres 684
Maximum depth in metres 684
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID SS0191 66

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    Area management
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