Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Polycirrus

  • Author and date of publication

    Grube, 1850

  • Preferred Common name

    Spaghetti Worm

  • Date Identified

    1986

  • Identified By

    Dr Chris Glasby - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT); P. Hutchings

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)

  • Collected By

    Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    BSS 53 DN

  • Sampling Method

    naturalist's dredge

  • Date Visited From

    8/10/1980

  • Date Visited To

    8/10/1980

  • Depth From (m)

    67

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    BSS 53 DN

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Western Bass Strait, 25 km WSW of Cape Otway

  • Latitude

    -38.92

  • Longitude

    143.42

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84