Species Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)

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Species Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)

Centrechinus savignyi Audouin, V. 1829. Explication sommaire des planches d'Échinoderms de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, publiées par Jules-César Savignyi, membre de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces. pp. 203-212 in Savignyi, J. C. de. Description de l'Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle, Tome premier, Quatrième Partie: Explication sommaire des planches dont les dessins ont été fournis par M. J. Savigny, pour l'histoire naturelle de l'ouvrage. Paris : L'Imprimerie Impériale. [210].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829). —
Michelin, H. 1845. Zoophytes, echinodermes et stellerides Essai d'une faune de l'ile Maurice, publiee avec les materiaux et les notes laisses par Julien Desjardins, sous la direction et par les soins de M. F.E. Guerin Meneville. Magazine of Zoology 1845: 1-27 [15]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef, WA to Port Jackson, NSW; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-70 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)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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 Centrechinus savignyi Michelin, 1845)

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.

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		17-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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