Species Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinometra setosa Leske, N.G. 1778. Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein Naturalem Dispositionem Echinodermatum et Lucubratiunculam de Aculeis Echinorum Marinorum. Lipsiae. [36].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pelsart Group, WA to Heron Is., Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-70 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (record from Lord Howe Is.)

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (often confused with Diadema savignyi (Michelin, 1845) particularly when identified from preserved material; record from Lord Howe Is. considered to be based on H.L. Clark's misidentifications of Diadema savignyi (Michelin, 1845) which occurs at Lord Howe Is. (AM collections)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		17-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)