Starfish
263/1903/3995
Holding institution:
Donor:
Mrs Constance Sladen
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Porcellanaster ceruleus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
7 May 1873 - 7 May 1873
Form:
Microscope slide
Station:
47
Citations:
Sladen, W.P (1889) Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S Challenger. Report on the ASTEROIDEA. Zoology Vol. XXX, Pg 134-138
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Wyville Thomson
Percy Sladen
Percy Sladen
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Paxillosida
Family:
Porcellanasteridae
Genus:
Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1877
Species:
Porcellanaster ceruleus Thomson, 1877
Station/Area Information
Station:
47
Date collected:
07/05/1873
Area:
Off coast of N America, East of Massachusetts
Water body:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
21
Depth (Fathoms):
1340 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
41.23
Decimal Longitude:
-65.75
Gear:
Dredge
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0259
Notes:
Rectangular slide label above object, data handwritten in ink; ‘Porcellanaster ceruleus Wy.T. Chall: Stn. 47. Dorsal membrane; part of the interadial basal with spinelets & part of the radial with spicules only. 16.ii.81‘. 1 specimen.
