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Description

Citations: http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/SpecimenUsage.cfm?publication_id=11409

Accession number

AST-5

Holding institution

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Date collected

6 May 1873

Area or Water body

United States, off New Jersey
Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Dry

FAO

21

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 1350
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02586

Type status

Syntype

Taxonomic groups

Benthopecten simplex
Benthopecten
Benthopectinidae
Notomyotida
Asteroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

46

Gear

Dredge

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