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Species Echinodictyum asperum Ridley & Dendy, 1886

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

This species has a wide distribution within the tropical Indo-west Pacific, with specimens examined from Papiete, Tahiti (type locality) (Ridley & Dendy 1886, 1887), to Tuticorin, India (Burton & Rao 1932), Tuvalu (Ellice Is) (Whitelegge 1897), Ambon, Indonesia (Topsent 1897; Desqueyroux-Faundez 1981), Lucap Bay, Philippines (Lévi 1961), northwest Australia and Northern Territory (Hooper 1991), Chuuk, Palau; and along the northeast coast of Australia from Torres Strait to the Moreton Bay region (Hooper et al. 2008).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 6–94 m depth.

 

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)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 13-Apr-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)