Species Breynia desorii Gray, 1851

Museums

Regional Maps

• Breynia desorii Gray, J.E. 1851. Descriptions of new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 7(13): 130-134 [131].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 39.6.10.36, Swan River, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lucky Bay, WA to Darwin, NT. Depth range 0-140 m, Pliocene deposits from Aru Is., East Indies and Pleistocene deposits from Lake Arramel, (WA).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

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.

 

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)