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Sargassum ilicifolium

Sargassum seaweed

Accession: OMN-MAR-0027

Family
Sargassaceae
Category
Marine algae
Geographic origin
Mirbat, Dhofar
Sampling depth
11.4 m
Collection date
2014-12-06
Holding institution
Marine Science Centre (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

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

Taxonomy

ChromistaOchrophytaPhaeophyceaeFucalesSargassaceaeSargassumSargassum ilicifolium

Thallus form

Leathery, branched thallus with air bladders.

Colour

Olive-brown

Holdfast

Attached to rocky substrate by a discoid holdfast (recorded at sampling).

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0027

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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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11.4 m · this record

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1.1 m

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9.8 m

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2.1 m

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1.5 m

Recorded depth
11.4 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 2014-12-06 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

29.9 °C

Recorded at sampling · Mirbat, Dhofar

Sampling depth 11.4 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

2

Available

2

Available

Herbarium sheet (algae)

SPC-M-0027

Preservation
Dry, room temperature
Quantity
1 sheets
Preserved
2014-12-12

Marine Science Centre — Wet Lab (Demo)

Available

Frozen tissue for DNA

TIS-M-0027

Preservation
−80 °C freezer
Quantity
3 tubes
Preserved
2014-12-18

National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation

2014-12-06 · Field sampling — Mirbat, Dhofar — collected at 11.4 m.

2014-12-12 · Registration — Registered at Marine Science Centre (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0027.

2014-12-12 · Preservation — Material preserved: Dry, 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

    Mirbat, 2014-12-06 · 11.4 m · by S. Al-Rawahi

  2. Curated record

    Marine Science Centre (Demo)

  3. Preserved material

    2 samples across 2 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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