Species Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinus reticulatus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [666].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, `Oceano Americano'.

 

Generic Combinations

• Clypeaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From Houtman Abrolhos, Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef to Holothuria Bank, WA; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-125 m, Lower Miocene deposits from Java, Pliocene to Pleistocene deposits from east Africa and Pleistocene deposits from New Hebrides

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

General References

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.

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		01-Mar-2010	MODIFIED