Species Brissopsis oldhami Alcock, 1893

Museums

Regional Maps

• Brissopsis oldhami Alcock, A. 1893. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2, No 9. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892–93. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2,4): 169-184 pls 8-9 [174, pl. 8(7-8)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IM (depository uncertain), Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off Brush Is. NSW, Norfolk Is.; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 18-2736 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
• Tasman Sea

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder, temperate.

 

General References

Baker, A.N. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1990. Atelostomatid sea urchins from Australian and New Zealand waters (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida, Neolampadoida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 282-316 figs 1-114

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.

Pawson, D.L. 1965. Some echinozoans from north of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 5(15): 197-224 5 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)