Sea squirt
NHMUK-1887.2.4.45
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Microcosmus propinquus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
2 April 1874 - 2 April 1874
Form:
Fluid
Station:
162
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Ascidiacea
Order:
Stolidobranchia
Family:
Pyuridae
Genus:
Microcosmus Heller, 1877
Species:
Microcosmus propinquus Heller, 1881
Station/Area Information
Station:
162
Date collected:
02/04/1874
Area:
Off East Moncoeur Island, Bass Strait, Australia
Water body:
Tasman Sea
FAO:
57
Depth (Fathoms):
38-40 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-39.18
Decimal Longitude:
146.62
Surface Temperature:
63.2°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Shelly sand
