Species Amblypneustes formosus Valenciennes, 1846

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Species Amblypneustes formosus Valenciennes, 1846

Amblypneustes formosus Valenciennes, A. 1846. Zoophytes. Voyage autour du monde sur la Frégate la Vénus pendant les années. 1836–1839. Atlas de Zoologie. 16 pls [pl. 2(2-2d)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), TAS or SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bass Strait, Tas to Fremantle, WA. Depth range 0-10 m. Pleistocene deposits from Madura, WA and Robe, SA

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, temperate.

General References

Baker, A.N. 1982. Sea-urchins (Class Echinoidea). 437-454-6 figs pl. 29(5) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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