Species Amblypneustes pallidus (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinus pallidus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Echinides. pp. 1–59 in, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Edn 1 Vol. 3. Paris. 1-59 pp. [48].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP EcEs7781, locality unknown.
• Amblypneustes pallidus subglobosus Mortensen, T. 1942. New Echinoidea (Camarodonta). Preliminary notice. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 106: 225-232 [227].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Bunbury, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (2). Camarodonta I. Orthopsidae, Glyphocyphidae, Temnopleuridae and Toxopneustidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 553 pp. 321 figs 56 pls. [207-208]

 

Generic Combinations

• Amblypneustes pallidus (Lamarck, 1816).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Willunga, SA to off Wallabi Is., Houtmann Abrolhos WA. Depth range 0-137 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, temperate.

 

General References

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

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