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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.66

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

2 July 1875

Area or Water body

Near mid-Pacific Ocean between Japan and San Francisco
Northwest Pacific Ocean

FAO

61

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.1
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02778
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02382
Surface Temperature (°F): 73
Temperature at x fathoms: 67;63;60.4;59;58.4;57.8;57;56.2;55.3;54.2;53;52;50.4;48.9;46.9;41.8;39.7;38.3;37.4;37;36.7;36.4;36.1;35.9;35.6;35.3;35.1

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Dytaster spinosus
Dytaster
Asropectinidae
Paxillosida
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

246

Gear

Trawl

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