Octopus
NHMUK-1890.1.24.5
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Amphitretus pelagicus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
14 July 1874 - 14 July 1874
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
170
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Octopoda
Family:
Amphitretidae
Genus:
Amphitretus Hoyle, 1885
Species:
Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, 1884
Station/Area Information
Station:
170
Date collected:
14/07/1874
Area:
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Water body:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
FAO:
81
Depth (Fathoms):
520 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-29.92
Decimal Longitude:
-178.23
Surface Temperature:
65°F
Bottom Temperature:
43°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Volcanic mud
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
62°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
60.5°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
56.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
53°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
50.8°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
49°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
45.7°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
43°F
