Biological Results of The Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition: Archibenthal and Littoral Echinoderms

Occurrence Observation
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August 13, 2026
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Description

The Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition was organised and led by Prof. G. A. Knox of the Zoology Department of Canterbury University. The expedition was planned to explore the distribution of benthic and pelagic animals between the New Zealand coast and the Chatham Islands over the Chatham Rise, and to investigate the faunal affinities of the Chatham group, which lies in the Sub-tropical Convergence zone.Occurrences from Archibenthal and Littoral Echinoderms are listed in this dataset

Data Records

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How to cite

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Fell H B (2026). Biological Results of The Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition: Archibenthal and Littoral Echinoderms. Version 1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=chatham_echinoderm&v=1.0

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 65981481-8e37-44d8-81cf-8a492d76cdfe.  Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

H. Barraclough Fell
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
NZ

Geographic Coverage

Waters around the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Bounding Coordinates South West [-44.592, -175.308], North East [-42.865, 175.442]

Taxonomic Coverage

Archibenthal and Littoral Echinderms

Phylum Echinodermata

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1954-01-23 / 1954-02-11

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Fell, H. B., 1960. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. DSIR Bull. 139 (2).

Additional Metadata

marine, harvested by iOBIS