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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A30842-1

Preserved specimen of Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | Soft Lanternfish recorded on 2004-09-24
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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 A30842-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A30842-1
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  
Collector Dr Jock Young - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Sex Unknown
Individual count 4
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 SS0904 M13/155 N2
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, MIDOC opening & closing midwater]
Dataset / Survey name [SS09/2004 Pelagic habitat and community comparisons in the fishing grounds of the tuna and billfish fishery off eastern Australia.]
Date identified 2010-02-08
Supplied as 08/02/2010

Event

Dataset / Survey name SS09/2004 Pelagic habitat and community comparisons in the fishing grounds of the tuna and billfish fishery off eastern Australia.  
Event ID SS0904 M13/155 N2
Field Number SS0904 M13/155 N2
Occurrence date 2004-09-24
Supplied date "2004-09-24T23:59:00\2004-09-24T02:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, MIDOC opening & closing midwater  
Date precision DAY
Event time 23:59:00\02:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Myctophiformes | Myctophidae
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
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Tasman Sea | Australia
Country Australia
Locality Lord Howe Rise
Latitude -28.23
Supplied as: "-28.23"
Longitude 160.58
Supplied as: "160.58"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lord Howe Rise
Water body Tasman Sea
Minimum depth in metres 500
Maximum depth in metres 400
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Georeference protocol gps original
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Lord Howe Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone