Species Acanthocidaris curvatispinis (Bell, 1892)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cidaris curvatispinis Bell, F.J. 1892. Description of a remarkable new sea urchin of the genus Cidaris from Mauritius. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13(7): 303-304 pl. 38 [304, pl. 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1890.7.21.1, Mauritius.
• Porocidaris maculicollis De Meijere, J.C.H. 1904. Vorläufige beschreibung der neuen, durch die Siboga expedition gesammelten echiniden. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging 2 8: 1-16 [1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2117-E2119 4 specimens, Indo-Malay Archipelago.
• Acanthocidaris hastigera Agassiz, A. & Clark, H.L. 1907. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. Based upon collections made by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross in 1902, Commander Chauncey Thomas, U.S.N., commanding. The Cidaridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 34(1): 1-42 pls 1-44 [39, pls 11(1-5), 12(1-17), 12b(18-19), 37-42].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 27364–71, Hawaiian Ils; USNM 27399, Hawaiian Ils; USNM 27462–3, Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 134, Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 344, Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 346, Hawaiian Ils.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 [246]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South of Jurien Bay, WA and Ballina to South Solitary Is., NSW; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 40-355 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, tropical.

 

General References

Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. (as Acanthocidaris hastigera A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907, Acanthocidaris maculicollis De Meijere, 1904)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)