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Species Pseudocolochirus violaceus (Théel, 1886)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Port Hedland, WA to Double Island Point, Qld and to northern NSW and Lord Howe Is.; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-13 m.


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)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

  • West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, 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 (as Pseudocolochirus axiologus (H.L. Clark, 1914))

 

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)
15-Sep-2023 11-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)