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Padina boergesenii

Peacock's tail alga

Accession: OMN-MAR-0060

Family
Dictyotaceae
Category
Marine algae
Geographic origin
Bandar Khayran, Muscat
Sampling depth
11.7 m
Collection date
2025-02-05
Holding institution
National Heritage Collection (Demo)

Overview

Scientific identity

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

Taxonomy

ChromistaOchrophytaPhaeophyceaeDictyotalesDictyotaceaePadinaPadina boergesenii

Thallus form

Fan-shaped, calcified blades with concentric bands.

Colour

Olive-brown

Holdfast

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

Resource network

This record

OMN-MAR-0060

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GIS & sampling

Sampling location & depth

This record is restricted: its location is shown generalised to protect sensitive material.

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Sampling depth explorer

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11.7 m · this record

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3.7 m

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14.6 m

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5 m

Recorded depth
11.7 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 2025-02-05 — not a monitoring series.

Water temperature

24.3 °C

Recorded at sampling · Bandar Khayran, Muscat

Sampling depth 11.7 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

2

Available

Herbarium sheet (algae)

SPC-M-0060

Preservation
Dry, room temperature
Quantity
3 sheets
Preserved
2025-02-11

National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)

Available

Frozen tissue for DNA

TIS-M-0060

Preservation
Liquid nitrogen
Quantity
1 tubes
Preserved
2025-04-01

Marine Science Centre — Biobank (Demo)

Sample lifecycle

01 Field sampling02 Registration03 Preservation

2025-02-05 · Field sampling — Bandar Khayran, Muscat — collected at 11.7 m.

2025-02-11 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0060.

2025-02-11 · Preservation — Material preserved: Dry, room temperature · Liquid nitrogen.

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

    Bandar Khayran, 2025-02-05 · 11.7 m · by M. Al-Balushi

  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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