Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  • Preferred Common name

    Dwarf Minke Whale

  • Other Common Names

    Common Minke Whale

  • Date Identified

    22/07/2014

  • Identified By

    Mandy Watson - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Stage Or Age

    Juvenile

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Muscle, Preservative: ethanol 70%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    23/07/2014

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 37680

  • Collected By

    Museum Victoria : Preparation Department

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    23/07/2014

  • Date Visited To

    23/07/2014

  • 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

    Portland, 300 m southeast of Dutton Way and Hanlon Parade intersection

  • Latitude

    -38.325

  • Longitude

    141.602

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)