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Accession number

NHMUK-1883.6.18.3

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 June 1875

Area or Water body

East of Japan
Northwest Pacific Ocean

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

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Elpidia ridgida
Elpidia
Elpidiidae
Elasipodida
Holothuroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

241

Gear

Trawl

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