Tunicate
I.26880
Holding institution:
Donor:
British Museum (Natural History) 18.11.1899
Licence:
Open Government Licence
Scientific name:
Pyrostremma spinosum
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
15 October 1873 - 18 October 1873
Form:
Fluid
Citations:
Challenger Report Pt. 76, 1888 p. 24.
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Thaliacea
Order:
Pyrosomatida
Family:
Pyrosomatidae
Genus:
Pyrostremma Garstang, 1929
Species:
Pyrostremma spinosum (Herdman, 1888)
Synonyms:
Propyrosoma spinosum
Station/Area Information
Date collected:
15 October 1873 - 18 October 1873
Area:
West of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cuhna
Water body:
Southeast Atlantic Ocean
Notes:
Fragment, of the large specimen (4ft 2ins long by 9-10 ins) obtained by the "Challenger". Single specimen
