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sea pen (Protoptilum carpenteri)

02/05/1873; 2 May 1873

NHMUK-1881.2.11.33

Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

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Accession number: NHMUK-1881.2.11.33

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 02/05/1873; 2 May 1873

Area or Water body:

Off East coast of United States
Northwest Atlantic Ocean

FAO:

21

Taxonomic groups:

Protoptilum carpenteri
Protoptilum
Protoptilidae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Form: wet

Station:

44

Gear: Dredge

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.2
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02583
Surface Temperature (°F): 56.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 54.8;52.5;50.4;48.2;46;44.5;43.2;42;40.3;39.5;39;38.7;38.4;38.2;38;37.8;37.6;37.4;37.2;37;36.8;36.6

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