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Brittle star (Amphioplus (Unioplus) daleus)

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Description

Citations: http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/SpecimenUsage.cfm?publication_id=13885

Accession number

OPH-1466

Holding institution

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Date collected

2 March 1876

Area or Water body

High Seas; off Rio de La Plata, Argentine Basin
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 2650
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02796
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02523
Temperature at x fathoms: 69.8;68.3;65.3;62.2;59.7;58.8;57.5;56.1;54.3;51.2;48.3;45;40.4;38.8;37.8;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;37.2;34;33.2;32.7

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Amphioplus (Unioplus) daleus
Amphiura Unioplus
Amphiura
Amphiuridae
Ophiurida
Ophiuroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

325

Gear

Trawl

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