Species Anthenea mertoni Koehler, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea mertoni Koehler, R. 1910. Astéries et Ophiures des îles Aru et Kei. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 33: 265-295 pls 15-17 [268, pl. 16(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 210 holotype, Sungai Manumbai, Aru Ils, Indonesia, 23 m.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mermaid Strait, WA to Pearce Is., Sir Edward Pellew Group, NT; Indonesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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. 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

 

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)