Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Octopoteuthis megaptera

  • Author and date of publication

    (Verrill, 1885)

  • Preferred Common name

    large-fin octopus squid

  • Date Identified

    /01/2018

  • Identified By

    Dr Julian K. Finn - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, buffered, 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 001

  • Sampling Method

    McKenna demersal fish trawl nets

  • Date Visited From

    16/05/2017 6:11 PM

  • Date Visited To

    16/05/2017 6:11 PM

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 V03 001

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Tasmania

  • Precise Location

    off St Marys

  • Latitude

    -41.4915

  • Longitude

    148.941

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria