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Species Sculpsitechinus auritus (Leske, 1778)

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon to Broome WA; western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 m, Upper Pliocene to Pleistocene deposits from Java and (Pleistocene deposits from Egypt).


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

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

  • West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

 

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