Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Mesothuria cathedralis

  • Author and date of publication

    Heding, 1940

  • Preferred Common name

    Sea Cucumber

  • Date Identified

    05/03/2019

  • Identified By

    P M. O'Loughlin

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Whole, Form: wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Expedition Name

    IN2017_V03 - Sampling the Abyss

  • Collected By

    O'Hara et. al IN2017 V03 abyss Marine Invertebrates Team

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2017 V03 121

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    13/06/2017 2:31 AM

  • Date Visited To

    13/06/2017 3:31 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    1093

  • Depth From (m)

    1013

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2017 V03 121

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    Coral Sea CMR, E of Curtis Island

  • Latitude

    -23.587

  • Longitude

    154.194

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria