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Accession number

NHMUK-1978.6.28.23-24

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

25 February 1873

Area or Water body

Cape Verde Basin
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

FAO

34

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 37
Sediment sample: Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02811
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02677
Surface Temperature (°F): 67
Temperature at x fathoms: 64.5;59;53.4;49;46;44;42.5;41.6;40.8;40

Taxonomic groups

Pontaster tenuispinus
Pontaster
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

8

Gear

Dredge

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