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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A14180

Preserved specimen of Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 | Shorthead Seahorse
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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 A14180
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A14180
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria  
Collector Invertebrate Zoology, Museum Victoria  
Supplied as "Invertebrate Zoology, Museum Victoria"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 2
Life stage Juvenile
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 FRDC 480
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 1994

Event

Event ID FRDC 480
Field Number FRDC 480
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Syngnathiformes | Syngnathoidei | Syngnathidae
Scientific name Hippocampus breviceps
Supplied scientific name "Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shorthead Seahorse
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Syngnathiformes
Family Syngnathidae
Genus Hippocampus
Species Hippocampus breviceps
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Peters, 1869
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Western Port, in plankton
Latitude -38.37
Supplied as: "-38.37"
Longitude 145.53
Supplied as: "145.53"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Western Port, in plankton
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Western Port
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)