Species Brissus agassizii Döderlein, 1885

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Species Brissus agassizii Döderlein, 1885

Brissus agassizii Döderlein, L. 1885. Seeigel von Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51(1): 73-112 [108].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Japan.
Brissus meridionalis Mortensen, T. 1950. New Echinoidea (Spatangoida). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 112: 156-163 [162].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Norfolk Is., Tasman Sea.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Baker, A.N. 1967. Two new echinoids from northern New Zealand, including a new species of Diadema. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(23): 239-245 fig. 1 pls 1-3 [243]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East coast from Gillett Cay, Swain Reefs, Qld to Port Hacking, NSW, and on S and SW coasts from Encounter Bay, SA and Esperance to Green Head, WA, may extend across N coast and down E and W coast, not known from Tasmanian waters; west Pacific Ocean. depth range 0--120 m

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Baker, A.N. 1967. Two new echinoids from northern New Zealand, including a new species of Diadema. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(23): 239-245 fig. 1 pls 1-3

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (in part, as Brissus latecarinatus Leske, 1978)

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. (as Brissus (Allobrissus) meridionalis Mortensen, 1950)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

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] (K.J. McNamara (WAM, pers. comm.) doubts the presence of Brissus (Allobrissus) agassizii on the Great Barrier Reef—these records need confirmation)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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