Palm fruit
OUMNH-Hist.Rocks 3986
Holding institution:
Donor:
H.N. Moseley
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Arenacae
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
29 August 1874 - 29 August 1874
Form:
Dry
Station:
184
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Tracheophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arecales
Family:
Arenacae
Station/Area Information
Station:
184
Date collected:
29/08/1874
Area:
75 miles east-southeast of Raine Island, Queensland, Australia
Water body:
Coral Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
1400 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-12.13
Decimal Longitude:
145.17
Surface Temperature:
77.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
36°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02816
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02373
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
76.6°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
74.3°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
70.8°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
66.8°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
62.5°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
58.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
54.2°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
51°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
48°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
44.3°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
41°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
39.7°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
36°F
Notes:
Handwritten label on blue paper accompanying specimen reads "Pumice etc dredged Augt. 29. 1874 ["10" crossed out] 1400 fathoms". Another handwritten label accompanying specimen reads "Pieces of rolled pumice portion of a Palm fruit with albumen fresh. Brought up by the trawl ["in" crossed out] from 1400 fathoms August 29. 1974 Lat. 12. 8 S Long 145. 10 E. 75 miles ESE of Raine Island & off Torres Straits." (with next row above). To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm
