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Sea star (Pseudarchaster discus)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.103

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

4 January 1876

Area or Water body

Messier Channel, Chile
Southeast Pacific Ocean

FAO

87

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 0
Depth (Fathoms): 140
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02606
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.01585
Surface Temperature (°F): 53

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Pseudarchaster discus
Pseudarchaster
Goniasteridae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

307

Gear

Trawl

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