Wrinkled sea star

This microscope slides contains the dorsal membrane of a starfish. The starfish was collected on board HMS Challenger at sampling station 49, South of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
263/1903/3969
Collection Class
Echinoderms
Collector Excavator
Sladen, Mr Walter Percy (from the collection of): HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Common Name
Wrinkled sea star
Simple Name
Starfish
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)

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PTERASTERIDAE; Pteraster militaris (O Fr Muller) ; starfish; dorsal membrane