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Occurrence record: Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.59072

Preserved specimen of ISOPODA Latreille, 1817
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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 Marine Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates - Marine & Other"
Catalog number P.59072
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1129769,urn:catalog:AM:Invertebrates - Marine & Other:P.59072"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hessler, R.  
Specimen type cited
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment anchor dredge
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [anchor dredge]
Date identified 1970
Identification remarks Generic transfer based on WoRMS database, 2025

Event

Identification remarks Generic transfer based on WoRMS database, 2025
Sampling protocol anchor dredge  
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name ISOPODA
Supplied scientific name "Desmosoma tetarta (Hessler, 1970)"
Identified to rank order
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Genus Desmosoma
Species Desmosoma tetarta
Name match metric higherMatch
Accepted name Desmosoma tetarta (Hessler, 1970)
Scientific name authorship Latreille, 1817
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Hessler, 1970)

Geospatial

Country United States of America
Latitude 39.7
Supplied as: "39.7"
Longitude -70.65
Supplied as: "-70.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Water body North Atlantic Ocean
Location remarks [WHOI G#1] North Atlantic Ocean, Gay Head - Bermuda transect (39° 42' N, 70° 39' W) 24/05/1961 - 24/05/1961, anchor dredge
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 39° 42' " N
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code US
Verbatim longitude 070° 39' " W

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    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 10.0 frequency
    Species Richness 8.0 frequency