Sea cucumber
NHMUK-1886.10.29.1
Holding institution:
Donor:
Lords of the Treasury
Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Kolga nana
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
21 May 1873 - 21 May 1873
Station:
50
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Holothuroidea
Order:
Elasipodida
Family:
Elpidiidae
Genus:
Kolga Danielssen & Koren, 1879
Species:
Kolga nana (Théel, 1879)
Station/Area Information
Station:
50
Date collected:
21/05/1873
Area:
South of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Water body:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
21
Depth (Fathoms):
1250 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
42.13
Decimal Longitude:
-63.65
Surface Temperature:
45°F
Bottom Temperature:
38°F
Gear:
Dredge
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.0274
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02602
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
45.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
41.3°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
39.5°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
39°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
38.7°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.1°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.8°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37.6°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
37.4°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
37.2°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
37°F
