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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A26578-1

Preserved specimen of Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 | Fragile Lanternfish recorded on 2011-08-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A26578-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A26578-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Adrian Flynn - University of Queensland & Museum Victoria  
Identified date /10/2011
Collector French Research Institute for Development  
Supplied as "French Research Institute for Development"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number NEC 1014 M020
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, midwater]
Date identified /10/2011

Event

Event ID NEC 1014 M020
Field Number NEC 1014 M020
Occurrence date 2011-08-13
Supplied date "2011-08-13T23:01:00\2011-08-13T23:44:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, midwater  
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:01:00\23:44:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Myctophiformes | Myctophidae
Scientific name Diaphus fragilis
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928"
Identified to rank species
Common name Fragile Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus fragilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Southwest Pacific Ocean
Country New Caledonia
Locality Coral Sea, N of New Caledonia
Latitude -16.9969
Supplied as: "-16.9969"
Longitude 163.504
Supplied as: "163.504"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Coral Sea, N of New Caledonia
Water body Southwest Pacific Ocean
Minimum depth in metres 79
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Georeference protocol gps original
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code NC

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