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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.130

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

21 March 1875

Area or Water body

Admiralty Islands to Yokohama
Western Central Pacific Ocean

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.4
Depth (Fathoms): 1850
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02772
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02266
Surface Temperature (°F): 81.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 81.5;81.1;80.6;80;79.5;79;78.1;75;68.5;63.2;59.6;56.7;54.3;52.5;51;49.9;49.3;48.9;48.6;48.3;45.7;43.4;41.3;39.5;38.2;37.2;36.7;36.3;36;35.8;35.6;35.4;35.4

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Styracaster armatus
Styracaster
Porcellanasteridae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

224

Gear

Dredge

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