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BM000562791

Classification
Scientific name: Desmarestia chordalis Hook.f. & Harv.
Author: Hook.f. & Harv.
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Family: Desmarestiaceae
Genus: Desmarestia
Species: chordalis
Higher classification: Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Desmarestiaceae
Location
Locality: Washed up on the beach|Nearest Named Place: Christmas Harbour
Country: French Southern Territories
Continent: Antarctica
Island: Kerguelen Islands
Island group: Antarctic Islands
Higher geography: Antarctica; French Southern Territories
Collection event
Recorded by: William Henry Harvey
Record number: 679
Identification
Identified by: Jacques Simon Zaneveld
Type status: Syntype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Desmarestia chordalis Hook.f. & Harv. Yes
Desmarestia chordalis Hook.f. & Harv. No
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM000562791
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Algae
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4722273
Collection kind: sheet
Zoology
Barcode: 000562791
Record
Occurrence ID: 855cdf68-d64d-45be-bf03-97772e1ca471
Modified: 2025-05-09T14:21:46+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T09:58:52+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T09:58:52+00:00
Last updated 2025-05-09T14:21:46+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