Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Physeter macrocephalus

  • Preferred Common name

    Sperm Whale

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 36745.3

  • Collected By

    MV Preparators

  • Sampling Method

    Beach washed

  • Date Visited From

    28/08/2007

  • Date Visited To

    28/08/2007

  • 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

    Venus Bay, 6 Kms E of Pt. Smythe

  • Latitude

    -38.63

  • Longitude

    145.73

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    estimated