Pinctada radiata
Gulf pearl oyster
Accession: OMN-MAR-0077
- Family
- Margaritidae
- Category
- Marine mollusks
- Geographic origin
- Bandar Khayran, Muscat
- Sampling depth
- 4.4 m
- Collection date
- 2024-12-20
- Holding institution
- National Heritage Collection (Demo)
Overview
Scientific identity
All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.
Taxonomy
Shell
Thick, rounded bivalve shell.
Shell length
9.4 cm (demo measurement)
Live colouration
Mantle vividly patterned
Resource network
This record
OMN-MAR-0077
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GIS & sampling
Sampling location & depth
Where this organism was collected, and at what depth in the water column.
Sampling depth explorer
4.4 m · this record
25.7 m
16 m
23.8 m
16.7 m
- Recorded depth
- 4.4 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 2024-12-20 — not a monitoring series.
Water temperature
28.8 °C
Recorded at sampling · Bandar Khayran, Muscat
Sampling depth 4.4 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.
Molecular markers
Sequenced (demo)- Marker
- Cytochrome c oxidase I (DNA barcode)
- Type
- Mitochondrial barcode
- Sequence ID
- OMN-MAR-0077_COI
- Length
- 658 bp
Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.
Sequence viewer · COI
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
Specimen (shell + tissue in ethanol)
SPC-M-0077
- Preservation
- Ethanol, room temperature
- Quantity
- 4 items
- Preserved
- 2024-12-30
National Heritage Collection — Store (Demo)
Frozen tissue for DNA
TIS-M-0077
- Preservation
- −80 °C freezer
- Quantity
- 1 tubes
- Preserved
- 2025-02-26
Marine Science Centre — Wet Lab (Demo)
Sample lifecycle
2024-12-20 · Field sampling — Bandar Khayran, Muscat — collected at 4.4 m.
2024-12-30 · Registration — Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as OMN-MAR-0077.
2024-12-30 · Preservation — Material preserved: Ethanol, room temperature · −80 °C freezer.
2025-02-26 · Molecular work — DNA extraction and barcoding (demo).
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
Sampling event
Bandar Khayran, 2024-12-20 · 4.4 m · by S. Al-Rawahi
Curated record
National Heritage Collection (Demo)
Preserved material
2 samples across 2 laboratories (demo)
Research data
DNA barcoding (demo)
No publications linked
Publications citing this specimen will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.
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