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2c53fb02-cb0d-422f-b223-13e0f368da6b

Classification
Scientific name: Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849)
Author: (Prosch, 1849)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Teuthowenia
Species: megalops
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Coleoidea; Decapodiformes; Oegopsida; Cranchioidea; Cranchiidae; Taoniinae
Location
Locality: Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Water body: Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Decimal latitude: 48.888225000
Decimal longitude: 16.76112
Verbatim latitude: 48 53 17.610 N
Verbatim longitude: 016 45 40.1 E
Minimum depth(m): 4838
Maximum depth(m): 4841
Collection event
Recorded by: Chris Fletcher
Expedition: Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory, Darwin Tree of Life, May 2022
Habitat: Abyssal Plain Mud
Vessel: RRS James Cook
Sampling protocol: Trawl
Collection date: 14 / 5 / 2022
Identification
Identified by: Dr Tammy Horton
Type status: NON-TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849)
Specimen
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: Molecular Collections
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:9968849
Kind of object: Virtual Voucher
Preservative: Dry frozen (-80°C)
Donor name: Chris Fletcher
Individual count: 1
Sex: Unknown
Life stage: Adult
Zoology
Barcode: 014453629
Record
Occurrence ID: 2c53fb02-cb0d-422f-b223-13e0f368da6b
Modified: 2023-07-07T12:01:40+00:00
Created: 2022-09-12T16:36:32+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2022-09-12T16:36:32+00:00
Last updated 2023-07-07T12:01:40+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