Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Mitsukurina owstoni

  • Author and date of publication

    Jordan, 1898

  • Preferred Common name

    Goblin Shark

  • Date Identified

    1999

  • Identified By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 20899

  • Sampling Method

    trawl

  • Date Visited From

    3/10/1999

  • Date Visited To

    3/10/1999

  • Depth To (m)

    439

  • Depth From (m)

    402

  • 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

    off Portland

  • Latitude

    -38.65

  • Longitude

    141.15

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original