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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.319

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

12 June 1874

Area or Water body

Off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Tasman Sea

FAO

81

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.5
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02518
Surface Temperature (°F): 69.5

Type status

Paratype

Taxonomic groups

Psilaster acuminatus
Psilaster
Astropectinidae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

164

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