The Holothurian Fauna of Cook Strait, New Zealand
Material Examined
Material Examined
The holothurians forming the basis of this account were taken from Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour. The depths worked ranged between 5–10 fathoms and approximately 1300 fathoms. Benthic collections were made with dredge, otter trawl, beam trawl, Petersen grab, or a cone net fished on the bottom. Specimens of two species were kindly loaned to me by the New Zealand Oceano-graphic Institute, and supplementary intertidal species were collected by my colleagues and myself.
Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Zoology collections.
Coll. | VUZ | 10 | (Station SAS): Palliser Bay, 41° 28′ 30″ S., 174° 59′ 30″ E., 5/2/55, 200–250 fathoms, green mud, dredge. Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 15 | (Station SEB):Palliser Bay, 41° 29′ S., 175° 8′ 30″ E., 13/5/55, 100–150 fathoms, mud, otter trawl. Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)—16 specimens. Paracaudina chilensis (Muller)—2 specimens. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—1 specimen. Heterothyone alba (Hutton)—1 specimen. Stichopus mollis (Hutton)—3 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 21 | (Station CUC): Palliser Bay, 41° 32′ S., 175° 8′ 30″ E., 13/5/55, 38 fathoms, mud, beam trawl. Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 30 | (Station W.REH): Wellington Harbour, south of Somes Island, 41° 15′ 48″ S., 174° 52′ 6″ E., 16/1/56, 5–10 fathoms, mud, rock trawl. Heterothyone alba (Hutton)—13 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 32 | (Station W.KEH): Wellington Harbour, off Petone Beach, 41° 14′ 30″ S., 174° 52′ 6″ E., 16/1/56, 8 fathoms, mud, dredge. Protankyra uncinata (Hutton)—3 specimens. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—2 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 35 | (Station W.GOP): Wellington Harbour, off Days Bay, from 41° 16′ 42″ S., 174° 48′ 24″ E., to 41° 17′ 24″ S., 174° 53′ 48″ E., 16/1/56, 8–9 fathoms, mud, beam trawl. Stichopus mollis (Hutton)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 37 | (Station W.LIJ): Wellington Harbour, off Shelly Bay, 41° 18′ 30″ S., 174° 48′ 42″ E., 18/1/56, 10–11 fathoms, mud, beam trawl. Protankyra uncinata (Hutton)—8 specimens. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 40 | (Station W.JOJ): Wellington Harbour, off Ward Island, from 41° 18′ 18″ S,. 174° 52′ 18″ E., to 41° 17′ 42″ S., 174° 52′ 36″ E., 18/1/56, 2–4 fathoms, mud and sand, beam trawl. Protankyra uncinata (Hutton)—2 specimens.page 3 |
Coll. | VUZ | 62 | (Station W.QOF): Wellington Harbour, east side, opposite Worser Bay, 41° 19′ 24″ S., 174° 51′ 36″ E., 2/4/56, 4–5 fathoms, gravel and sand, small beam trawl and dredge. Stolus huttoni (Dendy)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 64 | (Station W.PEQ): Wellington Harbour, off Point Howard wharf. 41° 15′ 28″ S., 174° 54′ E., 2/4/56, 5 fathoms, blue mud, small beam trawl. Protankyra uncinata (Hutton)—10 specimens. Neocucumella bicolumnata (Dendy and Hindle)—1 specimen. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—6 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 69 | (Station W.BON): Wellington Harbour, Somes Island to Days Bay, 41° 16′ 24″ S., 174° 53′ 21″ E., 16/5/56, 11 fathoms, mud, Petersen grab, 3 hauls. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—1 specimen. Heterothyone alba (Hutton)—1 specimen. |
Coll. | VUZ | 87 | (Station KUJ): South of Cape Palliser, approximately 41° 44′ S., 175° 12′ E., 20/4/57, ca. 400 fathoms, mud, rock, gravel, 4 metre cone net fished on the bottom. Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)—1 specimen. Molpadia violacea (Studer)—1 specimen. Paracaudina chilensis (Muller)—2 specimens. Pentadactyla longidentis (Hutton)—2 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 96 | (Station BOQ): Off Palliser Bay, 41° 31′ S., 174° 55′ E., 28/8/57, ca. 380 fathoms, mud, beam trawl. Heteromolpadia marenzelleri (Theel)—13 specimens. |
Coll. | VUZ | 101 | (Station GOP): Off Palliser Bay, 41° 38′ S., 174° 53′ 30″ E., 29/8/57, ca. 550 fathoms, mud, beam trawl. Molpadia violacea (Studer)—6 specimens. Paracaudina chilensis (Muller)—135 specimens. |