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Pinctada radiata

Gulf pearl oyster

Accession: OMN-MAR-0025

Family
Margaritidae
Category
Marine mollusks
Geographic origin
Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth
23.8 m
Collection date
2020-03-01
Holding institution
National Heritage Collection (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.

Taxonomy

AnimaliaMolluscaBivalviaOstreidaMargaritidaePinctadaPinctada radiata

Shell

Thick, rounded bivalve shell.

Shell length

10 cm (demo measurement)

Live colouration

Mantle plain

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0025

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GIS & sampling

Sampling location & depth

Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.

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Sampling depth explorer

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23.8 m · this record

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25.7 m

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16 m

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16.7 m

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24.6 m

Recorded depth
23.8 m
Sampling method
SCUBA survey

Schematic depth scale — no bathymetric profile is claimed. Other columns are recorded depths of the same species (demo).

Environment

Water conditions at sampling

Single set of measurements recorded during the sampling event on 2020-03-01 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

27.3 °C

Recorded at sampling · Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah

Sampling depth 23.8 m · SCUBA survey

Values are synthetic demonstration measurements with realistic units; no time series exists to chart.

Genomics

Genomic data

DNA barcodes and sequence records linked to this specimen. Sequences are synthetic demonstration output, not real results.

Not yet sequenced

Material is preserved and available for molecular work, but no sequence data is linked to this record yet.

Biobank

Physical sample preservation

Registered material from this specimen and how it is preserved. Exact freezer positions and rack locations are restricted to authorized staff.

Preserved samples

2

−80 °C / LN₂

1

Holding laboratories

1

Available

2

Available

Specimen (shell + tissue in ethanol)

SPC-M-0025

Preservation
Ethanol, room temperature
Quantity
2 items
Preserved
2020-03-16

University Microbiology Lab (Demo)

Available

Frozen tissue for DNA

TIS-M-0025

Preservation
−80 °C freezer
Quantity
3 tubes
Preserved
2020-04-16

University Microbiology Lab (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation

2020-03-01 · Field sampling — Ras al Jinz, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 23.8 m.

2020-03-16 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0025.

2020-03-16 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature · −80 °C freezer.

Sample identifiers, quantities and laboratories are synthetic demonstration values; no storage monitoring history is claimed.

Research

Research & provenance

How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.

Data provenance

  1. Sampling event

    Ras al Jinz, 2020-03-01 · 23.8 m · by M. Al-Balushi

  2. Curated record

    National Heritage Collection (Demo)

  3. Preserved material

    2 samples across 1 laboratories (demo)

  4. Research data

    None yet

No publications linked

Publications citing this specimen will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.

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