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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.127-129

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

6 April 1876

Area or Water body

Mid Atlantic Ridge
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

FAO

34

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 34
Depth (Fathoms): 2350
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02838
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02275
Surface Temperature (°F): 82.7
Temperature at x fathoms: 82;78.1;71.5;62.2;57.5;56.5;56.3;56.1;55.9;55.7;55.3;54.7;54;53.4;52.6;52;51.3;50.6;49.9;49.3;48.7;47.4;45.9;44.5;43.3;40.8;40;39.7;39.5;39.2;38.9;38.7;38.5;38.2;37.9;37.7;37.5

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Styracaster horridus
Styracaster
Porcellanasteridae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

346

Gear

Dredge

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