Species Anthenea crassa H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea crassa Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [124, pl. 18(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J5368, Rat Is., Port Curtis, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J5365–6 2 specimens, Gatecombe Head, Port Curtis, QLD; AM J5444–5 2 specimens, Port Curtis, QLD; AM G4980 1 specimen, Port Curtis, QLD; MCZ.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Weipa to Moreton Bay Qld. Depth range 15-73 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

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)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)