Species Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinacanthus humilis Leske, N.G. 1778. Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein Naturalem Dispositionem Echinodermatum et Lucubratiunculam de Aculeis Echinorum Marinorum. Lipsiae. [121].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Clypeaster humilis (Leske, 1778).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay to Onslow, WA and (Port Denison), Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-216 m, Upper Miocene deposits from Java, ?Pliocene deposits from Taiwan and Pleistocene deposits from Red Sea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. (identified the QLD specimen, originally reported from Port Molle)

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (queries identity of specimen op. cit.)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)