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1971.242

Classification
Scientific name: Hermadion ferox Baird, 1865
Author: Baird, 1865
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Hermadion
Species: ferox
Higher classification: Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Errantia; Phyllodocida; Polynoidae
Location
Locality: Antarctic Sea
Water body: Pacific Ocean
Decimal latitude: -74.00
Decimal longitude: 175.00
Verbatim latitude: 74 00 S
Verbatim longitude: 175 00 E
Minimum depth(m): 549
Collection event
Expedition: Erebus and Terror Southern Seas Expedition 1839-1843
Collection date: 1839 - 1843
Identification
Type status: holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Hermadion ferox Baird, 1865 Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1971.242
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Annelida
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3538315
Registration code: PO01
Preservative: IMS
Donor name: The Admiralty
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 010958604
Record
Occurrence ID: 47d2064e-74a1-4c7b-8659-470a3aea1642
Modified: 2025-04-04T16:16:48+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T19:39:58+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T19:39:58+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-04T16:16:48+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb