Species Anthenea elegans H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea elegans 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 [126, pl. 18(4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3192, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH; AM J6200 1 specimen, Broome, WA; WAM Z1758 1 specimen, Broome, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

(Exmouth Gulf) and Dampier Archipelago, WA to Weipa, Qld. Depth range 9-24 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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)