Sea urchin
NHMUK-1881.11.22.176
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Brisaster moseleyi
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
8 January 1876 - 8 January 1876
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
309
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Spatangoida
Family:
Schizasteridae
Genus:
Brisaster Gray, 1855
Species:
Brisaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)
Station/Area Information
Station:
309
Date collected:
08/01/1876
Area:
Trinidad Channel, Straits of Magellan, Chile
Water body:
Southeast Pacific Ocean
FAO:
87
Depth (Fathoms):
40 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-50.93
Decimal Longitude:
-74.25
Surface Temperature:
50.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
47°F
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02
