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Accession number

NHMUK-1889.11.9.1

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 June 1875

Area or Water body

East of Japan
Northwest Pacific Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

61

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.1
Depth (Fathoms): 2300
Sediment sample: Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02764
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02447
Surface Temperature (°F): 69.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 64.7;62.5;60.8;59.3;57.5;55.5;53.1;50.7;48.7;46.3;44;42.4;39.8;38.4;37.7;37.2;36.9;36.6;36.3;36;35.7;35.4;35.1;35.1

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Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Leptochiton benthus Haddon
Leptochiton
Leptochitonidae
Lepidopleurida
Polyplacophora
Mollusca
Animalia

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241

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