Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Meuschenia hippocrepis

  • Author and date of publication

    (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

  • Preferred Common name

    Horseshoe Leatherjacket

  • Date Identified

    1998

  • Identified By

    T M. Darragh

  • Number Of Specimens

    3

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Collected By

    Matthew Lockett - Museum Victoria, Tania M. Bardsley - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    MFG 210

  • Sampling Method

    SCUBA and rotenone

  • Date Visited From

    9/04/1997 11:00 AM

  • Date Visited To

    9/04/1997 12:15 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    3

  • Depth From (m)

    3

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Port Phillip Bay, Portarlington, front of harbour at western end breakwall

  • Latitude

    -38.12

  • Longitude

    144.65

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Gazetteer

  • Georeference Protocol

    gazetteer (Aus)