Specimen F 240218 Asthenactis australis McKnight, 2006

• Taxon Name

  Asthenactis australis

• Author and date of publication

  McKnight, 2006

• Preferred Common name

  Seastar

• Date Identified

  23/05/2016

• Identified By

  Dr Christopher Mah - Smithsonian Institution

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Specimen Nature

  Form: wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  R Thresher, D A. Staples - Museum Victoria (Sciences)

• Collection Event Code

  TN228 J2-395-017

• Sampling Method

  bio grab

• Date Visited From

  14/01/2009

• Depth To (m)

  1345

• Depth From (m)

  1345

• 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

  Myxasteridae

• Genus

  Asthenactis

• Species Name

  australis