Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Diaphus signatus

  • Author and date of publication

    Gilbert, 1908

  • Preferred Common name

    a lanternfish

  • Date Identified

    /10/2011

  • Identified By

    Dr Adrian Flynn - University of Queensland & Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, muscle, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 100%, Medium: ethanol 100%, absolute

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 26562.11

  • Collected By

    French Research Institute for Development

  • Collection Event Code

    NEC 1002 M002

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, midwater

  • Date Visited From

    1/08/2011 1:02 AM

  • Date Visited To

    1/08/2011 11:22 AM

  • Depth From (m)

    123

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Ocean

    Southwest Pacific Ocean

  • Precise Location

    Coral Sea, W of New Caledonia

  • Latitude

    -21.4982

  • Longitude

    164.486

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original