Arthropoda Malacostraca Amphipoda
Hirondelleidae Hirondellea gigas
Genus Species

BI-2011/12-291

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H186

Philippine Trench

15.3333° N
124.05° E

8467.0 m

March 1, 1985

baited, free-vehicle trap

R/V T. Washington

Hessler

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formalin 8%

EtOH 50%

Date and coordinates of this record are inaccurate according to Hessler et al. 1978: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0146629178905854?via%3Dihub. "In February 1975, leg 7 of Expedition EURYDICE on board the R.V. Thomas Washington was devoted to the study of benthic communities in the axis of the Philippine Trench at depths greater than 9500 m."