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Diatom BM 0004721

Classification
Scientific name: Palmeria hardmaniana Grev.
Author: Grev.
Phylum: Bacillariophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Coscinodiscales
Family: Coscinodiscaceae
Genus: Palmeria
Species: hardmaniana
Higher classification: Bacillariophyta; Bacillariophyceae; Coscinodiscales; Coscinodiscaceae
Location
State province: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland
Decimal latitude: 56.81569158
Decimal longitude: -4.166868688
Verbatim latitude: 56 48 56.489 N
Verbatim longitude: 004 10 00.7272 W
Coordinate uncertainty: 76651.21522m
Geodetic datum: WGS84
Georeference protocol: iCollections protocol
Collection event
Recorded by: William Gregory
Record number: s.n.
Collection date: 5 / 1855
Identification
Type status: Syntype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Palmeria hardmaniana Grev. Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: Diatom BM 0004721
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Diatoms
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:4745405
Collection kind: Microscope Prep.
Zoology
Barcode: 013496072
Record
Occurrence ID: fb925c3f-4ecd-4410-9505-8fdb4a2b781c
Modified: 2025-05-19T17:49:14+00:00
Created: 2007-09-27T16:32:53+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-09-27T16:32:53+00:00
Last updated 2025-05-19T17:49:14+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