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Copyright/attribution: Natural History Museum, London

Accession number

NHMUK-1889.5.27.77

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

10 September 1874

Area or Water body

South of New Guinea
Arafura Sea

Form

wet

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 0
Sediment sample: Sand and shells
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02327
Surface Temperature (°F): 78.5

Type status

holotype

Taxonomic groups

Elasmogorgia filiformis
Elasmogorgia
Plexauridae
Alcyonacea
Anthozoa
Cnidaria
Animalia

Station

188

Gear

Dredge & Trawl

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