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Brittle star (Homalophiura confragosa)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1956.10.2.63

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

14 February 1876

Area or Water body

Off Rio de la Plata, Argentina
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 37.2
Depth (Fathoms): 600
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02738
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02425
Surface Temperature (°F): 67.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 60;46;44;43;42;41;40.3;40;39.8;39.5;39.3;39.1;38.4;37.9;37.2

Taxonomic groups

Homalophiura confragosa
Homalophiura
Ophiuridae
Ophiurida
Ophiuroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

320

Gear

Trawl

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