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20030370

Classification
Scientific name: Grimpoteuthis boylei Collins, 2003
Author: Collins, 2003
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Opisthoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species: boylei
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Octopodiformes; Octopoda; Cirrata; Opisthoteuthidae
Location
Decimal latitude: 48.78
Decimal longitude: -16.50
Verbatim latitude: 48 47 N
Verbatim longitude: 016 30 W
Minimum depth(m): 4845.00
Maximum depth(m): 4847.00
Collection event
Vessel: RRS Discovery
Sampling protocol: Otsb
Collection date: 3 / 9 / 1989
Identification
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Grimpoteuthis boylei Collins, 2003
Specimen
Catalogue number: 20030370
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2475158
Registration code: MOEA
Kind of object: Specimen
Donor name: Dr Martin A. Collins
Kind of collection: Wet
Individual count: 1
Sex: Male
Zoology
Barcode: 011271681
Record
Occurrence ID: 264f8c6b-073d-4d46-b3b1-fb3e98e6e36f
Modified: 2023-02-24T12:42:44+00:00
Created: 2012-09-06T14:55:53+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2012-09-06T14:55:53+00:00
Last updated 2023-02-24T12:42:44+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