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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P16330.001

Preserved specimen of Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | Soft Lanternfish
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Fish Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number P16330.001
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P16330.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Nafpaktitis, B.G.  
Collector Cawthorn, P.  
Supplied as "Cawthorn, P."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Trawl]
Date identified 1984-01-01

Event

Event ID 286
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Verbatim event date 1961-09-12
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus mollis
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
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -32.01667
Supplied as: "-32.01667"
Longitude 114.75
Supplied as: "114.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 70 km W of island
Minimum depth in metres 120
Island Rottnest Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 32°01`S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114°45`E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Perth Canyon
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Perth Canyon
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Province
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Perth Canyon Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone