Species Chondrocidaris brevispina H.L. Clark, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chondrocidaris brevispina Clark, H.L. 1925. A Catalogue of the Recent Sea Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum 250 pp. 12 pls. [11, pl. 1(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1898.8.8.62, Lifu, Loyalty Islands.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (LM), Pith Reef, Palm Passage Qld; west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-15 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. South-west Pacific cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) including two new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 1-13 pls 1-6

Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 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)