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Coral (Primnoisis rigida)

14/02/1876; 14 February 1876

NHMUK-1889.5.27.27

Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

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Accession number: NHMUK-1889.5.27.27

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 14/02/1876; 14 February 1876

Area or Water body:

Off Rio de la Plata, Argentina
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

FAO:

41

Type status: Type

Taxonomic groups:

Primnoisis rigida
Primnoisis
Isididae
Alcyonacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Form: Fluid

Station:

320

Gear: Trawl

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 37.2
Depth (Fathoms): 600
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02738
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02425
Surface Temperature (°F): 67.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 60;46;44;43;42;41;40.3;40;39.8;39.5;39.3;39.1;38.4;37.9;37.2

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