Species Laganum laganum (Leske, 1778)

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Species Laganum laganum (Leske, 1778)

Echinodiscus laganum Leske, N.G. 1778. Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein Naturalem Dispositionem Echinodermatum et Lucubratiunculam de Aculeis Echinorum Marinorum. Lipsiae. [140].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, seas of India?.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From uncertain localities in Qld, (Port Jackson), NSW and Tas, and from Dirk Hartog Is., WA, occurrence in Australian waters requires examination; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Tentative depth range 0-34 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)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower E coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, temperate, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1925. A Catalogue of the Recent Sea Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum 250 pp. 12 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (doubts occurrence on the Australian west coast)

Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV (2). Clypeastroida. Clypeastridae, Arachnoididae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae and Scutellidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 471 pp. 258 figs 72 pls.

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)

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