Starfish

This starfish is from the Sladen collection. It was collected in the bay of Naples in Italy, probably in the late 1800s while Sladen was studying the live Echinoderms at the Zoological Station in Naples.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
263/1903/A/39
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Echinoderms
Collection Area Region
Southern Europe
Common Name
starfish
Simple Name
starfish
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)

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ECHINODERMATA; STELLEROIDEA; Asteroidea; Valvatida; Ophidiasteridae; Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck)