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AUR-KOSTER

Coordinates available for 1 records of AUR-KOSTER

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Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Species: Hippoglossoides platessoides   lerskädda
Cat No: NRM 20680. N=1
Determiner: Aurivillius, CWS
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Europe
Country: SWEDEN State/Province: Västra Götalands län
District: Bohuslän Municipality: Strömstads Kommun
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Locality: Kosterfjorden, 30-60 fathoms depth, bottom clay
Field Number: AUR-KOSTER
Leg: Aurivillius, CWS
Date: probably 1890s

Object remarks:
Locality remarks: Collector marked as C Aur. on label. Carl WS Aurivillius is noted as a collector of marine animals in eg. annual report for NRM in 1890 referred to as /docent Aurivillius/. His brother PO Christoffer Aurivillius is referred to as /professor Aurivillius/ (head of NRM entomology dept.) in the same annual report and is probably to be excluded as a collector of Swedish West Coast fish during this period/EIÅ, 2010

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