MCZ Invertebrate Zoology HOL-449

Mesothuria (Allantis) gargantua Deichmann, 1930

Holotype of Mesothuria gargantua  
  Syntype of Holothuria Verrilli

Date Collected:

1879-03-08

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:HOL-449 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-449 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Mesothuria (Allantis) gargantua Deichmann, 1930 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Mesothuriidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identifications
Mesothuria gargantua Deichmann, 1930 linked data icon
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Mesothuriidae
Determiner: Elisabeth Deichmann on 1930-01-01
Nature of ID: type ID
Holothuria Verrilli Théel, 1886
Animalia Echinodermata Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae
Determiner: Johan Hjalmar Théel on 1886-01-01
Nature of ID: type ID

Théel 1886, page 6, Syntype of Holothuria Verrilli Théel, 1886
Deichmann 1930, page 95, Holotype of Mesothuria gargantua Deichmann, 1930 plate 7 figure 1
Media type: text; Théel 1886 Description: Report on the Holothuroidea;

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Shows Publication: Théel 1886 Description: Report on the Holothuroidea

Media type: text; Deichmann 1930 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXI no. 3;

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Shows Publication: Deichmann 1930 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXI no. 3

  • station number: 288

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-20
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-13   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2023-03-23
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-01-20
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-08-06
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 399 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.1902777°, -59.759722° (Error radius: 115) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-08 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 11′ 25″ N  59° 45′ 35″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 8, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-447; HOL-448; HOL-449; HOL-450 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Holothuriidae Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 4 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:HOL-447 Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) verri...

Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology HOL-447; HOL-448; HOL-449; HOL-450; HOL-451; HOL-453; HOL-454; HOL-456; HOL-2035; HOL-4134 Description: MCZ Marine Invertebrates Holothuroidea Aspidochirotida Synallactidae Cards;

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Ledger Entry for: 10 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:HOL-447 Mesothuria (Penichrothuria) verr...

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