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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1881.2.11.31

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

4 June 1875

Area or Water body

Off Nagoya, South of Japan
Northwest Pacific Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

61

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 38.1
Depth (Fathoms): 565
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02753
Surface Temperature (°F): 73
Temperature at x fathoms: 71.2;66.4;63.5;60.5;57.7;54.7;51.5;48

Type status

Type

Taxonomic groups

Halipteris willemoesi
Halipteris
Halipteridae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Station

235

Gear

Trawl

Description

Synonyms: Microptilum willemoesi

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