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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 650-04

Preserved specimen of Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995 | Kapala Lanternfish recorded on 1985-12-09
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 650-04
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 650-04
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by J Pogonoski  
Identified date 2012-12-04
License CC-BY
Field Number SO0685 90
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2012-12-04
Identification remarks 3s - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Field Number SO0685 90
Identification remarks 3s - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 1985-12-09
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus kapalae
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995"
Identified to rank species
Common name Kapala Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus kapalae
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272675
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Nafpaktitis, Robertson & Paxton, 1995
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Supplied as: "Qld"
Locality NE of Hinchinbrook Island
Latitude -17.905
Supplied as: "-17.905"
Longitude 146.92833
Supplied as: "146.92833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 212
Maximum depth in metres 212
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (146.928333333333 -17.905, 147.03 -17.975)

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