Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Antedon loveni Bell, 1882

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Species Antedon loveni Bell, 1882

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Byron Bay, NSW to Victor Harbour, SA (TOH). Depth range 0-18 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

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. & Clark, A.M. 1967. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 5. — Suborders Oligophreata (concluded) and Macrophreata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-860 figs 1-53 [176-177] (outline the history of Bell's descriptions of Antedon loveni and suggest Kallispongia archeri Wright, 1877 may be a (senior) synonym)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Compsometra loveni (Bell, 1882))

 

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 11-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)