Bivalve
NHMUK-1887.2.9.3307
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Amussium watsoni
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
1 March 1875 - 1 March 1875
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Lectotype;Syntype
Station:
218
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pectinoida
Family:
Propeamussiidae
Genus:
Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846
Species:
Amussium watsoni Smith, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
218
Date collected:
01/03/1875
Area:
West of Almiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea
Water body:
Bismarck Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
1070 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-2.55
Decimal Longitude:
144.07
Surface Temperature:
84°F
Bottom Temperature:
36.4°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02773
Temperature at 10 fathoms:
83.2°F
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
83°F
Temperature at 30 fathoms:
82.5°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
82.1°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
81.5°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
80.9°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
80°F
Temperature at 80 fathoms:
78.4°F
Temperature at 90 fathoms:
75.8°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
72.8°F
Temperature at 110 fathoms:
69.8°F
Temperature at 120 fathoms:
66.8°F
Temperature at 130 fathoms:
63.8°F
Temperature at 140 fathoms:
60.8°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
57.8°F
Temperature at 160 fathoms:
55.5°F
Temperature at 170 fathoms:
53.8°F
Temperature at 180 fathoms:
52.1°F
Temperature at 190 fathoms:
51°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
50°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
45.2°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
42.4°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
40.5°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
39.2°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.9°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.4°F
