Octopus
NHMUK-1890.1.24.8
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Japetella diaphana
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
11 March 1875 - 11 March 1875
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
220
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Octopoda
Family:
Amphitretidae
Genus:
Japetella Hoyle, 1885
Species:
Japetella diaphana Hoyle, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
220
Date collected:
11/03/1875
Area:
North of Papua, Papua New Guinea
Water body:
Western Central Pacific Ocean
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
1100 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-0.70
Decimal Longitude:
147.00
Surface Temperature:
83.8°F
Bottom Temperature:
36.2°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02762
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0258
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
81.6°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
77.1°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
64°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
52°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
48.5°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
46.2°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
43.1°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
41°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
39.7°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
39°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
38.2°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.5°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
36.8°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
36.2°F
