Species Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)
- Echinus cordatus Pennant, T. 1777. British Zoology. London : Chester Vol. 4 174 pp. 93 pls. [69, pl. 34(75)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Flinders Is., Qld to Bundegi Reef, Exmouth, WA; west Pacific Ocean, NZ, S Africa, Gulf of California, north Atlantic Ocean. Depth range 0-230? m, Pliocene deposits from England.
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
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore, temperate.
General References
Baker, A.N. 1982. Sea-urchins (Class Echinoidea). 437-454-6 figs pl. 29(5) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |