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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.20307-079

Preserved specimen of Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | Kapala Lanternfish recorded on 1977-12-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.20307-079
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8049057","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.20307-079"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.20307-079
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Paxton, J  
Collector Kapala, E.T.A.L. Paxton  
Supplied as "KAPALA,PAXTON ET AL."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [ENGEL MW TRAWL]
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8005581
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";
Occurrence date 1977-12-13
Sampling protocol ENGEL MW TRAWL  
Date precision DAY
Event time 3:30

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus kapalae
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1996"
Identified to rank species
Common name Kapala Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus kapalae
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1996
Scientific name authorship Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1996

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.466
Supplied as: "-33.466"
Longitude 152.416
Supplied as: "152.416"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality OFF BROKEN BAY : 70 KM.EAST OF BAY
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.20307] Australia, New South Wales, OFF BROKEN BAY : 70 KM.EAST OF BAY (33° 28' S, 152° 25' E) 13/12/1977 - 13/12/1977, KAPALA,PAXTON ET AL.(Collector), ENGEL MW TRAWL";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33° 28' S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 25' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2012/7/4
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/7/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone