Species Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851)

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Species Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851)

Echinanthus australasiae Gray, J.E. 1851. Description of two new genera and some new species of Scutellidae and Echinolampidae in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(9): 34-38 [34].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 48.5.8.1, Brisbane Water, NSW.
Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein, L. 1885. Seeigel von Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51(1): 73-112 [100].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Clypeaster oshimensis Ikeda, H. 1935. A new Clypeaster from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 15(1): 103-104 pl. 7 [103, pl. 7(1-5)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Anami-Ôshima Island (Riu-Kiu Islands), NW Pacific.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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] (based on comparative study of internal and external morphology of relevant specimens and reassessment of original descriptions)

Generic Combinations

Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Bowen, Qld to Montague Is., NSW and from Lord Howe Is. and Norfolk Is., Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs; (Kermadec Is.). Depth range 0-75 m, Pleistocene deposits from Taiwan

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

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), 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

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

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] (specimens from deeper waters off SE Australia and Wanganella Bank, Tasman Sea, previously identified as Clypeaster australasiae (Gray, 1851) are believed to represent an undescribed species)

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
		01-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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