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Occurrence record: ANFC:B 973

Preserved specimen of Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978 | Mead's Lanternfish recorded on 1939-05-30
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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 973
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:B 973
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by B Nafpaktitis  
License CC-BY
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

Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1939-05-30
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 New South Wales
Supplied as: "NSW"
Locality E of Port Hacking
Latitude -34.06667
Supplied as: "-34.06667"
Longitude 151.25
Supplied as: "151.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Maximum depth in metres 25
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (151.25000 -34.06667)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Hawkesbury Shelf
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)