Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Balaenoptera physalus

  • Preferred Common name

    Fin Whale

  • Date Identified

    19/09/2014

  • Identified By

    Dr Erich M. Fitzgerald - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    Subadult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, liver, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    28/02/2017

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 38098.3

  • Collected By

    Peter Swinkels - Museums Victoria, Brendon Taylor - Museum Victoria, Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria, Bentley A. Bird - Museum Victoria, Dr Kate Robb - Australian Marine Mammal Conservation Foundation, Robert Zugaro

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    19/09/2014

  • Date Visited To

    22/09/2014

  • 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

    Levy's Beach, Warrnambool

  • Latitude

    -38.3741

  • Longitude

    142.435

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Maps

  • Georeference Protocol

    estimated

  • Georeference Date

    2021-12-22T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria