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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.45477.014

Preserved specimen of Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | Soft Lanternfish recorded on 2010-12-04
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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.45477.014
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1622222","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.45477.014"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.45477.014
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Paxton, Dr John R - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Identified date 2014-2
Collector 1.  Paxton, John Richard   2.  Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Paxton, Dr John Richard - Australian Museum"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [RMT8]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2014-02
Supplied as 2014-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1145531
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";
Occurrence date 2010-12-04
Sampling protocol RMT8  
Date precision DAY
Event time 20:22

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus mollis
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928"
Identified to rank species
Common name Soft Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus mollis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Tåning, 1928

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -16.53999
Supplied as: "-16.53999"
Longitude 147.105
Supplied as: "147.105"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cairns Seamount, ENE Cairns & Cape Grafton, W of Holmes Reef, 50 nmiles E of GBR
Water body Coral Sea
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.45477] Coral Sea, Australia, Cairns Seamount, ENE Cairns & Cape Grafton, W of Holmes Reef, 50 nmiles E of GBR (16° 32' 38" S, 147° 08' E) 04/12/2010 - 04/12/2010, RMT8, Field Collected - Aquatic, RV Cape Ferguson Cruise 5154";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 16° 32' 24.0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 6' 18" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2014/6/5
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2014/6/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 8d3bafe2-956a-460d-a54f-d5dd98f960f6
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
    Coordinates -16.53999,147.105
    Related records
    Record UUID a954aa84-e268-480f-ab82-f942298837fe
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
    Coordinates -16.53999,147.105

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Transition
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone