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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1881.2.11.17

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

11 October 1873

Area or Water body

Mid Atlantic Ridge
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.4
Depth (Fathoms): 1900
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02792
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.0265
Surface Temperature (°F): 58
Temperature at x fathoms: 57.5;56.9;56.2;55.5

Type status

Type

Taxonomic groups

Anthoptilum simplex
Anthoptilum
Anthoptilidae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Station

133

Gear

Trawl

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