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sea pen (Umbellula guentheri)

25/08/1873; 25 August 1873

NHMUK-1881.2.11.22

Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

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Overview Object Details Dimensions

Accession number: NHMUK-1881.2.11.22

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 25/08/1873; 25 August 1873

Area or Water body:

Mid Atlantic Ridge
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

FAO:

34

Type status: yes

Taxonomic groups:

Umbellula guentheri
Umbellula
Umbellulidae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Form: wet

Station:

106

Gear: Trawl

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.6
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02332
Surface Temperature (°F): 78.8
Temperature at x fathoms: 78.6;78.4;78.2;76.2;62.4;59;58;55;45;40.7;40.5;40.3;40.2;40.1;40;39.6;39.2;38.8;38.4;38;37.6;37

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