Sea urchin
NHMUK-1881.11.22.31
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Echinocrepis cuneata
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
30 December 1873 - 30 December 1873
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
147
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Pourtalesiidae
Genus:
Echinocrepis
Species:
Echinocrepis cuneata A. Agassiz
Station/Area Information
Station:
147
Date collected:
30/12/1873
Area:
West of Crozet Island
Water body:
Antarctic Indian Ocean
FAO:
58
Depth (Fathoms):
1600 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-46.27
Decimal Longitude:
48.45
Surface Temperature:
41°F
Bottom Temperature:
34.2°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Diatom ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02759
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02692
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
40°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
37.4°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
37.1°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
36.4°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
36.2°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
36°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
35.8°F
