Basket star
263/1903/R/671
Holding institution:
Donor:
Mrs Constance Sladen
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Gorgonocephalus chilensis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
20 January 1876 - 20 January 1876
Form:
Dry
Station:
313
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Percy Sladen
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Ophiuroidea
Order:
Euryalida
Family:
Gorgonocephalida
Genus:
Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815
Species:
Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858)
Station/Area Information
Station:
313
Date collected:
20/01/1876
Area:
Near Entrance to Strait of Magellan, Chile, South America
Water body:
Southwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
41
Depth (Fathoms):
55 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-52.33
Decimal Longitude:
-67.65
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02567
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02562
