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Worm (Chaetozone benthaliana)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1885.12.1.278

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

21 May 1873

Area or Water body

South of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Form

FAO

21

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 38
Depth (Fathoms): 1250
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.0274
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02602
Surface Temperature (°F): 45
Temperature at x fathoms: 45.2;41.3;39.5;39;38.7;38.4;38.1;37.8;37.6;37.4;37.2;37

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Chaetozone benthaliana
Chaetozone
Cirratulidae
Terebellida
Polychaeta
Annelida
Animalia

Station

50

Gear

Dredge

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