Starfish

Label reads: ‘Pteraster personatus, Sladen. Off the SOUTH-WEST COAST OF IRELAND, 750 fathoms [1372m], 1888. (See “Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy”, 3rd Ser., Vol. 1., No. 5, p. 694, Pl xxvii). SLADEN COLLECTION.’ Location: 510 1’N 110 50’W.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
263/1903/A/44
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Echinoderms
Common Name
starfish
Simple Name
starfish
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901)

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ECHINODERMATA; STELLEROIDEA; Asteroidea; Spinulosida: Pterasteridae; Pteraster personatus Sladen