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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.326-330

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

11 January 1876

Area or Water body

South of Queen Adelaide Archipelago, Chile
Southeast Pacific Ocean

FAO

87

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 46
Depth (Fathoms): 245
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02596
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02011
Surface Temperature (°F): 50

Type status

Holotype;Paratype

Taxonomic groups

Bathybiaster loripes
Bathybiater
Astropectinidae
Paxillosida
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

311

Gear

Trawl

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