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Sea star (Thoracaster cylindratus)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.136

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 July 1873

Area or Water body

Off Spanish Sahara
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

FAO

34

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.6
Depth (Fathoms): 2400
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02532
Surface Temperature (°F): 73.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 64;56;50.5;47;44.5;43;42;41;40;39;38;37.4;37;36.8;36.7

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Thoracaster cylindratus
Thoracaster
Porcellanasteridae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

89

Gear

Trawl

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