Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Orphnurgus insignis

  • Author and date of publication

    Fisher, 1907

  • Preferred Common name

    Sea Cucumber

  • Date Identified

    30/10/2023

  • Identified By

    Melanie Mackenzie - Museums Victoria; Niki Davey - NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), New Zealand

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    IN2022 V08 - Investigating The IOT (part 2)

  • Collected By

    O'Hara et. al IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Marine Invertebrates Team, O'Hara et al IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Ichthyology Team

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2022 V08 105

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    7/10/2022 1:04 PM

  • Date Visited To

    7/10/2022 2:01 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    2298

  • Depth From (m)

    2435

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2022 V08 105

  • Ocean

    Indian Ocean

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Christmas Island Territory

  • Precise Location

    Indian Ocean Territories: Balthazar Seamount

  • Latitude

    -11.6343

  • Longitude

    104.19

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Date

    2022-11-07T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria