Species Anneissia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916)

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Species Anneissia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Comanthus plectrophorum Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [15, pl. 4(1)].
Type data:
Holotype AM E4702, east of Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS.
Paratype(s) MCZ.

Generic Combinations

Oxycomanthus plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916).
Anneissia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916). —
Summers, M.M., Messing C.G. & Rouse G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 319-339

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Jervis Bay, NSW to Flinders Island, TAS, and Wanganella Bank (south of Norfolk Island), Tasman Sea; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 37-924 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

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, suspension feeder, 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 (as Cenolia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916))

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

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	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	24-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2010	MODIFIED

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