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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.1.24.2

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

17 November 1875

Area or Water body

Southwest of Valparaiso, Chile
Southeast Pacific Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

87

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.6
Depth (Fathoms): 2225
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02546
Surface Temperature (°F): 59
Temperature at x fathoms: 55.8;52.5;50.5;49.6;48.3;47.2;46.1;45.1;44.1;43.2;42.4;41.9;40.3;39.5;38.7;38.1;37.7;37.2;36.9;36.7;36.5;36.3;36.2;36.1;36;35.9;35.9;35.8;35.7;35.7;35.6

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Cirroteuthis ?hoylei
Cirroteuthis
Cirroteuthiae
Octopoda
Cephalopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

298

Gear

Trawl

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