Specimen F 308331 Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882

• Taxon Name

  Enypniastes eximia

• Author and date of publication

  Théel, 1882

• Preferred Common name

  Swimming sea cucumber

• Other Common Names

  Headless chicken monster, Sea Cucumber, Spanish dancer

• Date Identified

  30/06/2023

• 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 195

• Sampling Method

  Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

• Date Visited From

  27/10/2022 3:46 AM

• Date Visited To

  27/10/2022 4:13 AM

• Depth To (m)

  1426

• Depth From (m)

  1450

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Class

  Holothuroidea

• Order

  Elasipodida

• Family

  Pelagothuriidae

• Genus

  Enypniastes

• Species Name

  eximia