Specimen F 240407 Pteraster affinis (Smith, 1876)

• Taxon Name

  Pteraster affinis

• Author and date of publication

  (Smith, 1876)

• Preferred Common name

  Seastar

• Date Identified

  17/05/2016

• Identified By

  Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution

• Number Of Specimens

  5

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95ƒ%, Medium: ethanol 95%

• Expedition Name

  IN2015_C02

• Collected By

  IN2015_C02 GAB BP Expedition - Ichthyology Team, IN2015_C02 GAB BP Expedition - Marine Invertebrates Team

• Collection Event Code

  IN2015 C02 382

• Sampling Method

  beam trawl

• Date Visited From

  15/12/2015 12:05 PM

• Date Visited To

  15/12/2015

• Depth To (m)

  1013

• Depth From (m)

  978

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Subphylum

  Asterozoa

• Class

  Asteroidea

• Order

  Velatida

• Family

  Pterasteridae

• Genus

  Pteraster

• Species Name

  affinis