Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

species: Holothuria sp. 1
Observed by Anne Hoggett
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:00:00

Location details

  • Lizard Island, Queensland

  • Watson's Bay, washed up on beach

Details about the specimens

  • 8 specimens. (accurate to within 2)
  • specimens alive when found.
  • specimens dead at end of the observation process.
  • specimens left in natural environment.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

Amazing sight, so many large holothurians of an unknown species washed up on the beach. Found about three months after Cyclone Ita - were they washed in from deep water habitat? But why now on the beach?

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