Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Vanacampus margaritifer

  • Author and date of publication

    (Peters, 1869)

  • Preferred Common name

    Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish

  • Date Identified

    16/12/2016

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 100%, absolute

  • Tissue Details

    Type: eggs, Preservative: ethanol, absolute, Storage temperature: -20°C

  • Date of preparation

    16/12/2016

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 31662.1

  • Expedition Name

    Bush Blitz 2016 Mallacoota

  • Collected By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    BBCW 2016 073

  • Sampling Method

    push net & seine (3m)

  • Date Visited From

    12/11/2016 1:30 PM

  • Date Visited To

    12/11/2016 2:30 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    0.6

  • Depth From (m)

    0

  • 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

    Croajingolong National Park, Wingan Inlet at end of Wingan Inlet Track - seagrass patches (Heterozostera)

  • Minimum Elevation

    60

  • Latitude

    -37.7404

  • Longitude

    149.499

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Date

    2016-11-12T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria