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2016.2

Classification
Scientific name: Calyptrophora persephone Cairns, 2015
Author: Cairns, 2015
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Primnoidae
Genus: Calyptrophora
Species: persephone
Higher classification: Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Octocorallia; Alcyonacea; Calcaxonia; Primnoidae
Location
Locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1
Water body: Pacific
Decimal latitude: 13.72661667
Decimal longitude: -116.67
Verbatim latitude: 13 43 35.820 N
Verbatim longitude: 116 40 W
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Minimum depth(m): 4160.00
Collection event
Recorded by: Dr Adrian Glover, Dr Helena Wiklund, Dr Thomas G. Dahlgren, Magdalena Georgieva
Expedition: ABYSSLINE
Vessel: RV Melville
Sampling protocol: Boxcore
Collection date: 22 / 10 / 2013
Identification
Identified by: Dr Adrian Glover
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Calyptrophora persephone Cairns, 2015
Specimen
Catalogue number: 2016.2
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Cnidaria
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:5594705
Registration code: CNEA
Preservative: 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution
Donor name: International Seabed Authority
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 010999415
Record
Occurrence ID: dc143dd0-a366-479a-9e23-ca28fe79761b
Modified: 2026-01-16T17:00:41+00:00
Created: 2015-05-01T17:33:21+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-05-01T17:33:21+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