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Description

Synonyms: Ophiura ambigua

Accession number

NHMUK-1956.10.2.25

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

3 March 1874

Area or Water body

Indian Antarctic Ridge
Eastern Indian Ocean

FAO

57

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 32.1
Depth (Fathoms): 1950
Sediment sample: Diatom ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02776
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02708
Surface Temperature (°F): 37.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 36.8;36.8;36.6;36.6;36.6;36.6;33;32.5;32.5;32.5;33;32.6;32.8

Taxonomic groups

Ophiura (Ophiuroglypha) ambigua
Ophiura Ophiuroglypha
Ophiura
Ophiuridae
Ophiurida
Ophiuroidea
Echinodermata
Animalia

Station

157

Gear

Trawl

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