The first specimen of the Two-rod anglerfish (first called Ceratias bispinosus) was collected during the expedition of the HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876.
The wide distribution of these sandy deposits was first made known by naturalists on board the fifth HMS Challenger, in the expedition of 1872–1876.
Moseley delivered the Royal Society Croonian Lecture in 1878 and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879.He participated as naturalist in expeditions to Ceylon, to California, and to Oregon, and most notably he was in the HMS Challenger expedition of 1872 through 1876 which covered over 120,000 km.
The research ship Glomar Challenger and the Space Shuttle Challenger were named after this ship.
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Sanaroa and Dobu are the most significant of the smaller islands, while Sori or Wild is named for the HMS Challengers artist, John James Wild.