Sea star
NHMUK-1890.5.7.225
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Astropecten acanthifer
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
26 September 1874 - 26 September 1874
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
192
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Family:
Astropectinidae
Genus:
Astropecten
Species:
Astropecten acanthifer Sladen
Station/Area Information
Station:
192
Date collected:
26/09/1874
Area:
near Kei Islands, Southwest of Papua, Indonesia
Water body:
Banda Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
130-140 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-5.82
Decimal Longitude:
132.24
Surface Temperature:
82°F
Bottom Temperature:
0°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02252
