Species Anneissia bennetti (Müller, 1841)

<i>Oxycomanthus bennetti</i> (Müller, 1841)

Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841)

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Species Anneissia bennetti (Müller, 1841)

Alecto bennetti Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [187].
Type data:
Status unknown, RMNH, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841).
Anneissia bennetti (Müller, 1841). —
Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [174]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Osprey Reef, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD, and from Elizabeth Reef, off Lord Howe Island; east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 8-25 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)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore marine, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Cenolia bennetti (Müller, 1841))

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

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
02-Feb-2018	COMATULIDA	30-Jan-2018	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2010	MODIFIED

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