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2016.1

Classification
Scientific name: Abyssoprimnoa gemina Cairns, 2015
Author: Cairns, 2015
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Primnoidae
Genus: Abyssoprimnoa
Species: gemina
Higher classification: Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Octocorallia; Alcyonacea; Calcaxonia; Primnoidae
Location
Locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1
Water body: Pacific
Decimal latitude: 13.76166667
Decimal longitude: -116.4603333
Verbatim latitude: 13 45 42.000 N
Verbatim longitude: 116 27 37.200 W
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Minimum depth(m): 4111.00
Collection event
Recorded by: Dr Adrian Glover, Dr Helena Wiklund, Dr Thomas G. Dahlgren, Magdalena Georgieva
Expedition: ABYSSLINE
Vessel: RV Melville
Sampling protocol: Megacore
Collection date: 18 / 10 / 2013
Identification
Identified by: Dr Adrian Glover
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Abyssoprimnoa gemina Cairns, 2015
Specimen
Catalogue number: 2016.1
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Cnidaria
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:5594618
Registration code: CNEA
Preservative: 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution
Donor name: International Seabed Authority
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 010999416
Record
Occurrence ID: 6e976c27-c70c-434a-8be3-f6155e36567f
Modified: 2026-01-16T17:00:41+00:00
Created: 2015-05-01T17:32:31+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-05-01T17:32:31+00:00
Last updated 2026-01-16T17:00:41+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