Sponge
NH:1899.114.809
Holding institution:
Donor:
British Museum (Trustees of the)1899-08-08
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Scientific name:
Neopetrosia massa
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
21 January 1876 - 21 January 1876
Form:
Fluid
Station:
314
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Demospongiae
Order:
Haplosclerida
Family:
Petrosiidae
Genus:
Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949
Species:
Neopetrosia massa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Station/Area Information
Station:
314
Date collected:
21/01/1876
Area:
Cape Virgenes (off), Argentina, South America
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
71 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-51.58
Decimal Longitude:
-65.65
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02618
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02595
Notes:
Previous name: Petrosia similis var. massa Ridley and Dendy
