Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    Invertebrates Microslide Collection

  • Taxon Name

    Metavargula currax

  • Author and date of publication

    Kornicker, 1996

  • Type Status

    Holotype

  • Preferred Common name

    seed shrimp

  • Date Identified

    1994

  • Identified By

    L S. Kornicker

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: microslide

  • Expedition Name

    SLOPE

  • Collected By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, et al

  • Collection Event Code

    SLOPE 46

  • Sampling Method

    WHOI epibenthic sled

  • Date Visited From

    27/07/1986 5:10 PM

  • Date Visited To

    27/07/1986

  • Depth To (m)

    720

  • Depth From (m)

    720

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    SLOPE 46

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Tasmania

  • Precise Location

    Off Freycinet Peninsula

  • Latitude

    -42.0033

  • Longitude

    148.628

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84