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NHMUK-1889.5.27.77
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Elasmogorgia filiformis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
10 September 1874 - 10 September 1874
Form:
wet
Type status:
holotype
Station:
188
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Order:
Alcyonacea
Family:
Plexauridae
Genus:
Elasmogorgia
Species:
Elasmogorgia filiformis Wright & Studer, 1889
Station/Area Information
Station:
188
Date collected:
10/09/1874
Area:
South of New Guinea
Water body:
Arafura Sea
FAO:
71
Decimal Latitude:
-9.98
Decimal Longitude:
139.70
Surface Temperature:
78.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
0°F
Gear:
Dredge & Trawl
Sediment sample:
Sand and shells
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02327
