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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:IA.1827

Preserved specimen of Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | Kapala Lanternfish recorded on 1924
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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 IA.1827
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8164163","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:IA.1827"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:IA.1827
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Paxton, J.  
Collector Baxter, R  
Supplied as "BAXTER, R"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1996
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8036792
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1924, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1924"
Date precision YEAR

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 -31.516
Supplied as: "-31.516"
Longitude 159.083
Supplied as: "159.083"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lord Howe Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[IA.1827] Australia, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island (31° 31' S, 159° 05' E) 1924 - 1924, Baxter, R(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
County Lord Howe Island
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 31' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 159° 5' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Lord Howe Island
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lord Howe Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lord Howe Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers - Lord Howe Island
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast - Lord Howe Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast - Lord Howe Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Lord Howe Province
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)