Species Cenolia spanoschistum (H.L. Clark, 1916)

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Species Cenolia spanoschistum (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Comanthus spanoschistum Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [17, pl. 4(3)].
Type data:
Holotype AM E6299, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait.
Paratype(s) AM E4744–5 2 specimens, east of Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS; AM E4751 3 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5033 4 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5106 1 specimen, NE of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5215 2 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM J2251 1 specimen, off Noosa Heads, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Moreton Bay, QLD to Rottnest Island, WA and Norfolk Island; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 18-306 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

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comanthoides spanoschistum H.L. Clark, 1916)

McKnight, D.G. 1977. Crinoids from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(14): 129-137 (misidentified as Comanthus trichoptera (Müller, 1841))

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
02-Feb-2018	COMATULIDA	02-Feb-2018	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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