Worm
NHMUK-1885.12.1.330
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Melinnopsis atlantica
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
2 May 1873 - 2 May 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
44
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Terebellida
Family:
Ampharetidae
Genus:
Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
Species:
Melinnopsis atlantica McIntosh, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
44
Date collected:
02/05/1873
Area:
Off Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
Water body:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
21
Depth (Fathoms):
1700 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
37.42
Decimal Longitude:
-71.67
Surface Temperature:
56.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
36.2°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02583
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
54.8°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
52.5°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
50.4°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
48.2°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
46°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
44.5°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
43.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
42°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
40.3°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
39.5°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
39°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.7°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.2°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
38°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
37.6°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
37.4°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
37°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
36.8°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
36.6°F
Notes:
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