Starfish
263/1903/4001
Holding institution:
Donor:
Mrs Constance Sladen
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Hymenaster pergamentaceus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
2 March 1876 - 2 March 1876
Form:
Microscope slide
Station:
325
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 499-501
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Wyville Thomson
Percy Sladen
Percy Sladen
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Velatida
Family:
Pterasteridae
Genus:
Hymenaster Thomson, 1873
Species:
Hymenaster pergamentaceus Sladen, 1882
Station/Area Information
Station:
325
Date collected:
02/03/1876
Area:
Argentine Basin
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
2650 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-36.73
Decimal Longitude:
-46.27
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02796
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02523
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
69.8°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
68.3°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
65.3°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
62.2°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
59.7°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
58.8°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
57.5°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
56.1°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
54.3°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
51.2°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
48.3°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
45°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
40.4°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.8°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 2200 fathoms:
34°F
Temperature at 2300 fathoms:
33.2°F
Temperature at 2650 fathoms:
32.7°F
