Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Opisthoteuthis pluto

  • Author and date of publication

    Berry, 1918

  • Preferred Common name

    octopus

  • Date Identified

    29/11/2017

  • Identified By

    Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    IN2017_C01 - GAB Deep Water Marine Program

  • Collected By

    Dr Alan Williams - CSIRO, et al

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2017 C01 189

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    19/04/2017 6:42 PM

  • Date Visited To

    19/04/2017

  • Depth To (m)

    1830.38

  • Depth From (m)

    1798.75

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 C01 189

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    Great Australian Bight, VSM04Area13

  • Latitude

    -34.7608

  • Longitude

    130.702

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Date

    2017-09-14T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Maylene Loo - CSIRO Marine Research