Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Bathygadus spongiceps

  • Author and date of publication

    Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920

  • Preferred Common name

    Spongy Rat Tail

  • Date Identified

    /02/2018

  • Identified By

    RV Investigator Fish Team

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 96%, Medium: ethanol 96%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Muscle, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 31841.3

  • Expedition Name

    IN2017_V03 - Sampling the Abyss

  • Collected By

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

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2017 V03 121

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    13/06/2017 2:31 AM

  • Date Visited To

    13/06/2017 3:31 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    1093

  • Depth From (m)

    1013

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 V03 121

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    Coral Sea CMR, E of Curtis Island

  • Latitude

    -23.587

  • Longitude

    154.194

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria