Species Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885

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Species Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, 1885

Clypeaster virescens Döderlein, L. 1885. Seeigel von Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51(1): 73-112 [102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Sagami Bay and Bay of Kagoshima, Japan.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, Qld to Green Cape, NSW; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 27-630 m, ?Miocene 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

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder, inshore, temperate, 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

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

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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