Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Caretta caretta

  • Author and date of publication

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Preferred Common name

    Loggerhead Turtle

  • Date Identified

    09/12/2010

  • Identified By

    Rory O'Brien - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 74935

  • Collected By

    Melbourne Aquarium

  • Sampling Method

    Died in captivity

  • Date Visited From

    21/11/2010

  • Date Visited To

    21/11/2010

  • 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

  • Town

    Jan Juc

  • Precise Location

    Jan Juc Beach

  • Latitude

    -38.33

  • Longitude

    144.3

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Geoscience Australia Place Name Search

  • Georeference Protocol

    Geoscience Australia - Place names website

  • Georeference By

    Rory O'Brien - Museum Victoria