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1885.12.1.174

Classification
Scientific name: Staurocephalus atlanticus McIntosh, 1885
Author: McIntosh, 1885
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeta
Order: Eunicida
Family: Dorvilleidae
Genus: Staurocephalus
Species: atlanticus
Higher classification: Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Errantia; Eunicida; Dorvilleidae
Location
Locality: West of the Azores
State province: Azores
Country: Portugal
Continent: Europe
Water body: Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Higher geography: Europe; Portugal; Azores
Decimal latitude: 38.5000
Decimal longitude: -31.2333
Verbatim latitude: 38 30 00 N
Verbatim longitude: 031 14 00 W
Minimum depth(m): 1829
Collection event
Expedition: Challenger Expedition
Vessel: HMS Challenger
Collection date: 30 / 6 / 1873
Identification
Type status: holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Staurocephalus atlanticus McIntosh, 1885 Yes
Protodorvillea atlantica (McIntosh, 1885) No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1885.12.1.174
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Annelida
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3535106
Registration code: AN01
Kind of object: wet
Preservative: IMS
Kind of collection: wet
Individual count: 1
Zoology
Barcode: 010943339
Record
Occurrence ID: cc2397dc-4b3c-4bfd-a3aa-8848e89c9305
Modified: 2025-04-04T16:49:19+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T19:33:54+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T19:33:54+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-04T16:49:19+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