Species Breynia australasiae (Leach, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spatangus australasiae Leach, W.E. 1815. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Illustrated by R.P. Nodder. London : Nodder & Son Vol. 2 154 pp. pls 61-120. [68, pl. 82].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Cape York to Hervey Bay Qld., Shallow waters. Unreliable records from Port Jackson and Vic, SA and WA probably refer to Breynia desorii Gray, 1851 with which this species is often confused.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (in part)

McNamara, K.J. 1982. Taxonomy and evolution of living species of Breynia (Echinoidea: Spatangoida) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(2): 167-197 figs 1-15

Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls.

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (unreliable records from Port Jackson and VIC, SA and WA probably refer to Breynia desorii Gray, 1851 with which this species is often confused)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)