Starfish
263/1903/4005
Holding institution:
Donor:
Mrs Constance Sladen
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Archaster forcipatus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
6 May 1873 - 6 May 1873
Form:
Microscope slide
Station:
46
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Wyville Thomson
Percy Sladen
Percy Sladen
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Valvatida
Family:
Archasteridae
Genus:
Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Species:
Archaster forcipatus Sladen
Station/Area Information
Station:
46
Date collected:
06/05/1873
Area:
Off the coast of N America, East of New Jersey
Water body:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
21
Depth (Fathoms):
1350 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
40.28
Decimal Longitude:
-66.80
Gear:
Dredge
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02586
Notes:
Rectangular slide label above object, data handwritten in inks; ‘Archaster forcipatus, Sladen 76/46 Chall. Stn. 46. 130 fms. Haem. C.B. 6.iv.82 W.P.S.‘ 1 stained specimen.
