Specimen Z 6857.1 Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002

• Taxon Name

  Chimaera lignaria

• Author and date of publication

  Didier, 2002

• Preferred Common name

  Giant Chimaera

• Date Identified

  2005

• Identified By

  Justin D. Bell - Deakin University. Warrnambool & PIRVIC (Fisheries Victoria)

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen

• Tissue Details

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

• Tissue sampled from

  Museums Victoria specimen A 29229.7

• Collected By

  Justin D. Bell - Deakin University. Warrnambool & PIRVIC (Fisheries Victoria)

• Sampling Method

  trawl, otter

• Date Visited From

  15/04/2005

• Date Visited To

  16/04/2005

• Depth To (m)

  600

• Depth From (m)

  200

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  DNA Laboratory

• Collecting Areas

  Tissue and DNA

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Chondrichthyes

• Subclass

  Holocephali

• Order

  Chimaeriformes

• Family

  Chimaeridae

• Genus

  Chimaera

• Species Name

  lignaria