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Ulva lactuca

Sea lettuce

Accession: OMN-MAR-0054

Family
Ulvaceae
Category
Marine algae
Geographic origin
Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah
Sampling depth
14.7 m
Collection date
2021-01-17
Holding institution
National Heritage Collection (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

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

Taxonomy

PlantaeChlorophytaUlvophyceaeUlvalesUlvaceaeUlvaUlva lactuca

Thallus form

Thin, sheet-like blades (foliose thallus).

Colour

Green

Holdfast

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

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0054

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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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8.7 m

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5.5 m

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14.1 m

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12.3 m

Recorded depth
14.7 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 2021-01-17 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

29.4 °C

Recorded at sampling · Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah

Sampling depth 14.7 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

1

Available

Herbarium sheet (algae)

SPC-M-0054

Preservation
Dry, room temperature
Quantity
2 sheets
Preserved
2021-01-31

Marine Science Centre — Biobank (Demo)

Reserved

Frozen tissue for DNA

TIS-M-0054

Preservation
−80 °C freezer
Quantity
3 tubes
Preserved
2021-02-19

University Microbiology Lab (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation

2021-01-17 · Field sampling — Masirah Island, Ash Sharqiyah — collected at 14.7 m.

2021-01-31 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0054.

2021-01-31 · 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

    Masirah Island, 2021-01-17 · 14.7 m · by F. Al-Hinai

  2. Curated record

    National Heritage Collection (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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