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Occurrence record: ANFC:B 3578

Preserved specimen of Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978 | Mead's Lanternfish recorded on 1982-01-17
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number B 3578
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:B 3578
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY
Field Number SO0182 8
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Field Number SO0182 8
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1982-01-17
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus meadi
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978"
Identified to rank species
Common name Mead's Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus meadi
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217687
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Nafpaktitis, 1978
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "Tas"
Locality NE Tas.
Latitude -40.95
Supplied as: "-40.95"
Longitude 148.88333
Supplied as: "148.88333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 600
Maximum depth in metres 600
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (148.88333 -40.95000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone