Sea star
NHMUK-1890.5.7.74-75
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Dytaster aequivocus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
23 September 1874 - 23 September 1874
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
191
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Paxillosida
Family:
Astropectinidae
Genus:
Dytaster Sladen, 1889
Species:
Dytaster aequivocus Sladen
Station/Area Information
Station:
191
Date collected:
23/09/1874
Area:
Kei (Ki) Islands, Arafura Sea
Water body:
Arafura Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
800 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-5.68
Decimal Longitude:
134.08
Surface Temperature:
82.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
39.5°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02158
