Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Unknown, Preservative: ethanol 70%, Storage temperature: -80°C

  • Date of preparation

    17/03/2017

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 37350.5

  • Collected By

    Mr Peter Swinkels - Museum Victoria, et al

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    24/10/2011

  • Date Visited To

    26/10/2011

  • 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

    McGaurans Beach, ~10 km southeast of Seaspray

  • Latitude

    -38.4463

  • Longitude

    147.116

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference Date

    2011-10-26T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Mr Peter Swinkels - Museum Victoria