Octopus
NHMUK-1890.1.24.1
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Cirroteuthis magna
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
29 December 1873 - 29 December 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
146
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Octopoda
Family:
Cirroteuthiae
Genus:
Cirroteuthis
Species:
Cirroteuthis magna Hoyle, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
146
Date collected:
29/12/1873
Area:
East of Prince Edward's Island, Prince Edward Islands
Water body:
Antarctic Indian Ocean
FAO:
58
Depth (Fathoms):
1375 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-46.77
Decimal Longitude:
45.52
Surface Temperature:
43°F
Bottom Temperature:
35.6°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02759
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02675
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
41.1°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
39.2°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
39°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
38.8°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
38.3°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
36.6°F
