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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.21368-014

Preserved specimen of Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | Soft Lanternfish recorded on 1979-11-28
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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.21368-014
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8057761","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.21368-014"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.21368-014
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Blake, D  
Collector KAPALA PAXTON ETAL
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Engel midwater trawl]
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8026624
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1979-11-28
Sampling protocol Engel midwater trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:35

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
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.066
Supplied as: "-33.066"
Longitude 153.133
Supplied as: "153.133"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality off Newcastle :
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.21368] Australia, New South Wales, off Newcastle : (33° 07' S, 153° 11' E) 28/11/1979 - 28/11/1979, FRV Kapala, Paxton et al(Collector), Engel midwater trawl";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33° 4' 0" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 8' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone