Genus Echinocardium Gray, 1825

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Genus Echinocardium Gray, 1825

Echinocardium Gray, J.E. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida or sea-eggs into natural families. Annals of Philosophy 26: 423-431 [430].
Type species:
Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 209. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 367-392 [369].
Amphidetus Agassiz, L. 1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelle de Neuchâtel 1: 168-199 [184].
Type species (included species):
Amphidetus goldfussii L. Agassiz, 1836; Echinocardium sebae Gray, 1825; Spatangus pusillus Leske, 1778
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls. [151].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U613]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

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

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Palaearctic Region

Atlantic Ocean

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		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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