Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Hippocampus abdominalis

  • Author and date of publication

    Lesson, 1827

  • Preferred Common name

    Bigbelly Seahorse

  • Other Common Names

    Potbelly Seahorse

  • Date Identified

    13/08/2008

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Muscle, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    13/08/2008

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 24923.1

  • Collected By

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

  • Collection Event Code

    MFG 246

  • Sampling Method

    SCUBA and rotenone

  • Date Visited From

    24/03/1998 11:15 AM

  • Date Visited To

    24/03/1998 12:10 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    3

  • Depth From (m)

    0

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Port Phillip Bay, Corio Bay, Geelong North, outer right side of Mackey Street Jetty

  • Latitude

    -38.1167

  • Longitude

    144.36

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

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