Species Comissia norfolkensis McKnight, 1977

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Species Comissia norfolkensis McKnight, 1977

Comissia norfolkensis McKnight, D.G. 1977. Crinoids from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(14): 129-137 [131, figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Holotype NZOI, off Norfolk Is. (19º24´08˜S 168º13´02˜E), Tasman Sea.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Depth range 450-578 m.

Known only from type locality.

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

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

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

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