Brittle star
NHMUK-1956.10.2.50
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Ophiura Ophiuroglypha irrotata loveni
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
3 March 1874 - 3 March 1874
Station:
157
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Ophiuroidea
Order:
Ophiurida
Family:
Ophiuridae
Genus:
Ophiura Lamarck, 1801
Subgenus:
Ophiura Ophiuroglypha
Species:
Ophiura Ophiuroglypha irrotata (Lyman, 1878)
Subspecies:
Ophiura Ophiuroglypha irrotata loveni
Synonyms:
Ophiura loveni
Station/Area Information
Station:
157
Date collected:
03/03/1874
Area:
Indian Antarctic Ridge
Water body:
Eastern Indian Ocean
FAO:
57
Depth (Fathoms):
1950 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-53.92
Decimal Longitude:
108.58
Surface Temperature:
37.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
32.1°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Diatom ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02776
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02708
Temperature at 10 fathoms:
36.8°F
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
36.8°F
Temperature at 30 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
36.6°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
33°F
Temperature at 80 fathoms:
32.5°F
Temperature at 90 fathoms:
32.5°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
32.5°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
33°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
32.6°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
32.8°F
