Brachiopod
D.28.8.99.432d
Holding institution:
Donor:
Trustees of the British Museum, 1906
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Scientific name:
Waldheimia kerguelensis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
26 December 1873 - 26 December 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
144A
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Genus:
Waldheimia
Species:
Waldheimia kerguelensis Davidson, 1873
Station/Area Information
Station:
144A
Date collected:
26/12/1873
Area:
Marion Islands, South Africa
Water body:
Antarctic Indian Ocean
FAO:
58
Depth (Fathoms):
100 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-46.80
Decimal Longitude:
37.83
Gear:
Dredge
Notes:
Jar contains seven whole specimens, (shells), and approximately two which have disintegrated.
Specimens dredged by HMS Challenger.
Internal labels read: Molluscoidea off Marion island, 100 ftms. 26th December, 1873.
Jar also contains three unidentified species of bivalve, it is possible these are specimens of Platydia anomioides which were described as being attached to the larger W. Kerguelensis in the report of the voyage.
