Starfish
AST-20
Holding institution:
Licence:
MCZ Copyright Agreement
Scientific name:
Pectinaster filholi
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
6 May 1873 - 6 May 1873
Form:
Dry
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
46
Citations:
http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/SpecimenUsage.cfm?publication_id=11409
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Notomyotida
Family:
Benthopectinidae
Genus:
Pectinaster Perrier, 1885
Species:
Pectinaster filholi Perrier, 1885Â
Synonyms:
Pectinaster forcipatus
Station/Area Information
Station:
46
Date collected:
06/05/1873
Area:
United States, off 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