Octopus
NHMUK-1890.1.24.9
Holding institution:
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Japetella prismatica
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
12 September 1873 - 12 September 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
126
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Octopoda
Family:
Bolitaenidae
Genus:
Japetella Hoyle, 1885
Species:
Japetella prismatica Hoyle, 1885
Station/Area Information
Station:
126
Date collected:
12/09/1873
Area:
Off Pernambuco, Brazil
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
770 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-10.77
Decimal Longitude:
-36.13
Surface Temperature:
77°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Red mud
