Species Anthenea polygnatha H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea polygnatha 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 [128, pls 18(3), 19(2-3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3196, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 6 specimens; AM J6118 1 specimen, Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland to Lancelin Ils WA. Depth range 9-105 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

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)