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Steamer Albatross

collected 1887–1908

35 specimens, collected between 1887 and 1908 on 4 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as U.S.S.S. Albatross, Steamer Albatross.

Specimens
35
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
22
Islands
18
Species
20
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
4

Where Albatross collected

Specimens by decade

1880s1900s

Earliest: Raja rhina, 1887 (California). Latest: Amblypomacentrus breviceps, 1908.

Named for Albatross

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Albatross. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Ptilota filicina