Species Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872)

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Species Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872)

Echinus elevatus Hutton, F.W. 1872. Catalogue of the Echinodermata of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 17 pp. [11].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, New Zealand.
Amblypneustes pachistus Clark, H.L. 1912. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, Echinidae, Temnopleuridae, Strongylocentrotidae and Echinometridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 34(4): 205-383 pls 90-121 [327, pls 104(6), 112(10-11), 121(1-3)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 1541, New Zealand.
Paratype(s) MCZ 1542; MCZ 1543; MCZ 3302–3; MCZ 4726.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Baker, A.N. 1998. The rediscovery of Echinus elevatus Hutton, 1872 in New Zealand, and a new name for Acanthotrema Baker & Rowe, 1990 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(2): 281-286 [Date published 31/12/1998] [282]

Generic Combinations

Amblypneustes elevatus (Hutton, 1872).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Clarence River, NSW to Cape le Grande, WA. New Zealand. Depth range 0-50 m

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 Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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. (as Amblypneustes pachistus Clark, 1912)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (variety of Amblypneustes ovum (Lamarck, 1816))

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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