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Sea star (Porcellanaster caulifer)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1890.5.7.121

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 September 1874

Area or Water body

Kei (Ki) Islands, Arafura Sea
Arafura Sea

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 39.5
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02158
Surface Temperature (°F): 82.2

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Porcellanaster caulifer
Porcellanaster
Porcellanasteridae
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

191

Gear

Trawl

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