Amphipod
NHMUK-1889.5.15.32
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Scientific name:
Amaryllis macrophthalma
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
20 January 1876 - 20 January 1876
Form:
Microscope slide
Station:
313
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Family:
Amaryllididae
Genus:
Amaryllis Haswell, 1879
Species:
Amaryllis macrophthalma Haswell, 1879
Synonyms:
Amaryllis macrophthalmus
Station/Area Information
Station:
313
Date collected:
20/01/1876
Area:
Off Cape Virgins, Argentina
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
55 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-52.33
Decimal Longitude:
-67.65
Surface Temperature:
48.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
47.8°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Coarse sand
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02567
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02562
Notes:
2nd gnathopod and peraeopods (limbs)
