Summary

This specimen was collected on the 2017 'Sampling the Abyss' voyage from ~2800 metres deep in the Freycinet Marine Park (previously CMR - Commonwealth Marine Reserve) off Eastern Tasmania. Unlike typical marine isopods that can look like a backyard 'slater' (or pill bug), these strange looking isopods from the family Antarcturidae are covered in spines - presumably for protection - and have hairs on their arms to assist with filtering food from the water column.

Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Antarcturidae

  • Author and date of publication

    Poore, 2001

  • Preferred Common name

    isopod

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    IN2017_V03 - Sampling the Abyss

  • Collected By

    O'Hara et. al IN2017 V03 abyss Marine Invertebrates Team

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2017 V03 004

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    18/05/2017 1:03 AM

  • Date Visited To

    18/05/2017 2:59 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    2751

  • Depth From (m)

    2820

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 V03 004

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Tasmania

  • Precise Location

    Freycinet CMR

  • Latitude

    -41.7305

  • Longitude

    149.12

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria