Species Centrostephanus tenuispinus H.L. Clark, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Centrostephanus tenuispinus Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [162, pl. 26].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1878 (old number: 4936), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3905 1 specimen, between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA; WAM Z1879 1 specimen (old number: 4936), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA; WAM Z1715 1 specimen (old number: 4936), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Roxby Is., SA to Shark Bay, WA. Depth range 0-104 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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

 

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)