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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1881.2.11.15

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

14 February 1876

Area or Water body

Off Rio de la Plata, Argentina
Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

41

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 37.2
Depth (Fathoms): 600
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02738
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02425
Surface Temperature (°F): 67.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 60;46;44;43;42;41;40.3;40;39.8;39.5;39.3;39.1;38.4;37.9;37.2

Type status

Type

Taxonomic groups

Anthoptilum thomsoni
Anthoptilum
Anthoptilidae
Pennatulacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Station

320

Gear

Trawl

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