Starfish
263/1903/R/699
Holding institution:
Donor:
Mrs Constance Sladen
Licence:
Creative Commons CC BY NC SA
Scientific name:
Bathybiaster loripes loripes
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
11 January 1876 - 11 January 1876
Form:
Dry
Station:
311
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 240-242
Taxonomy
Identifier:
Percy Sladen
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Paxillosida
Family:
Astropectinidae
Genus:
Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1882
Species:
Bathybiaster loripes Sladen, 1889
Subspecies:
Bathybiaster loripes loripes
Station/Area Information
Station:
311
Date collected:
11/01/1876
Area:
Off the Western Coast of S America, opposite Port Churruca
Water body:
Southeast Pacific Ocean
FAO:
87
Depth (Fathoms):
245 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-52.76
Decimal Longitude:
-73.77
Gear:
Trawl
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02596
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02011
