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1926.3.31.23-24

Classification
Scientific name: Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925
Author: Robson, 1925
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Mesonychoteuthis
Species: hamiltoni
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Decapodiformes; Oegopsida; Cranchioidea; Cranchiidae; Taoniinae
Location
Locality: From Stomach of sperm whale caught 50 naut. miles North of Smith Island, South Sheltands
Country: Antarctica
Continent: Antarctica
Island: Smith Island
Island group: South Shetland Islands
Higher geography: Antarctica; Antarctica
Decimal latitude: -63
Decimal longitude: -62.50
Verbatim latitude: 63 S
Verbatim longitude: 062 30 W
Identification
Type status: SYNTYPE(S)
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Robson, 1925
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1926.3.31.23-24
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2681260
Registration code: MO18
Kind of object: Specimen
Preservative: 80% I.M.S.
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 2
Zoology
Barcode: 011493312
Record
Occurrence ID: 57abd34a-9889-42bc-bdf3-9d41c7ee28fa
Modified: 2021-02-02T21:59:30+00:00
Created: 2013-02-14T22:07:33+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2013-02-14T22:07:33+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-02T21:59:30+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb