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Diatoms (Actinocyclus coscinodiscus)

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Description

Notes: Part of a John Murray collection

Accession number

NMS-Z.1921.144.306

Holding institution

National Museums Scotland

Date collected

7 February 1874

Area or Water body

Off Heard Island, Australian Territory
Antarctic Indian Ocean

Form

Microscope slide

FAO

58

Field measurements and observations

Depth (Fathoms): 75
Sediment sample: Volcanic mud
Surface Temperature (°F): 36.2

Taxonomic groups

Actinocyclus coscinodiscus
Actinocyclus
Hemidiscaceae
Coscinodiscales
Bacillariophyceae
Ochraphyta
Chromista

Station

151

Gear

Dredge

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