Sphenodon punctatus Lady Alice Island PIT 982 0001... - BioSample

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Identifiers: BioSample: SAMN08793959; Sample name: Sphenodon punctatus Lady Alice PIT 982 000167713537; SRA: SRS3169047

Organism: Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara)
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Sauropsida; Sauria; Lepidosauria; Sphenodontia; Sphenodontidae; Sphenodon

Attributes

isolate	PIT 982 000167713537
development stage	adult
sex	male
tissue	blood
biomaterial provider	Neil Gemmell, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
collected by	Lindsay Michelson and Dr. Nicola Nelson (Victoria University of Wellington)
collection date	2011-11
geographic location	New Zealand: Lady Alice Island, Hen and Chickens Islands, Auckland District
sample type	tissue sample
vent-tail	292 mm
weight	500 g
snout-vent length	245 mm

Description: Tuatara blood (2 ml) was acquired from Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) 982 000167713537 (Male, 500g, 245svl, 292vt, no tail regenerated, sampled Nov. 2011) Tuatara residing on Lady Alice Island, Hen and Chickens Islands, New Zealand, with support of local Iwi, Ngatiwai, and permits from the New Zealand Department of Conservation. We thank Clive Stone (Ngatiwai) cultural liaision for the Tuatara Genome Project and asisstance in obtaining the permissions needed to collect and ship Tuatara blood samples. We also thank Lindsay Michelson and Dr. Nicola Nelson (Victoria University of Wellington) who collected the blood sample under permits supplied by the Department of Conservation, New Zealand.