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Squid (Loligo ellipsura)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1889.4.24.97

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

20 January 1876

Area or Water body

Off Cape Virgins, Argentina
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 47.8
Depth (Fathoms): 55
Sediment sample: Coarse sand
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02567
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02562
Surface Temperature (°F): 48.2

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Loligo ellipsura
Loligo
Loliginidae
Myopsida
Cephalopoda
Mollusca
Animalia

Station

313

Gear

Trawl

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