Species Anneissia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916)

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Species Anneissia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916)

Comanthus (Cenolia) trichoptera benhami Clark, A.H. 1916. The first New Zealand crinoid. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 48 [48].
Type data:
Holotype OMNZ A.07.115, Preservation Inlet, South Is., New Zealand.

Generic Combinations

Cenolia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916).
Anneissia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Gabo Island, VIC to Cape Jervis, SA; southwest Pacific Ocean: New Zealand. Depth range 5-35 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)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

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)
15-Sep-2023		22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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