Specimen F 76254 Anasterias directus (Koehler, 1920)

• Taxon Name

  Anasterias directus

• Author and date of publication

  (Koehler, 1920)

• Preferred Common name

  Seastar

• Date Identified

  1995

• Identified By

  Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  30

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (Macquarie Island)

• Collected By

  J H. Macpherson

• Sampling Method

  hand

• Depth From (m)

  0

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Subphylum

  Asterozoa

• Class

  Asteroidea

• Order

  Forcipulatida

• Family

  Asteriidae

• Genus

  Anasterias

• Species Name

  directus