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Copyright/attribution: National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Accession number

NH:1899.114.803

Holding institution

National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Date collected

13 March 1874

Area or Water body

South Australian Basin
Eastern Indian Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

57

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 2600
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.0278
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02627
Temperature at x fathoms: 51.8;48.5;47.9;47.7;47.5;47.2;44.9;41.6;38.5;37;36.8;36.6;36.4

Taxonomic groups

Thorecta murrayi
Thorecta
Thorectidae
Dictyoceratida
Demospongiae
Porifera
Animalia

Station

160

Gear

Trawl

Description

Notes: Labelled as: "Cocospongia murrayonis (?)"

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