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sea pen (Protoptilum abessans)

06/05/1873; 6 May 1873

NHMUK-1881.2.11.34

Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

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Accession number: NHMUK-1881.2.11.34

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 06/05/1873; 6 May 1873

Area or Water body:

Off East coast of United States
Northwest Atlantic Ocean

FAO:

21

Taxonomic groups:

Protoptilum abessans
Protoptilum
Protoptilidae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Form: wet

Station:

46

Gear: Dredge

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 37.2
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02586
Surface Temperature (°F): 40

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