Genus Echinometra Gray, 1825

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Genus Echinometra Gray, 1825

Echinometra Gray, J.E. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida or sea-eggs into natural families. Annals of Philosophy 26: 423-431 [426] [originally described by Breynius (1732) but as this was pre-Linnaean, Gray is the first post-Linnaean author to adopt the genus name].
Type species:
Echinus lucunter Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (3). Camarodonta II. Echinidae, Strongylocentrotidae, Parasaleniidae, Echinometridae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 446 pp. 215 figs 66 pls. [353].
Ellipsechinus Lütken, C.F. 1864. Bidrag til Kundskab om Echinoderne. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1863: 69-207 pls 1-2 [165].
Type species:
Ellipsechinus macrostomus Lütken, 1864 by monotypy.
Plagiechinus Pomel, N.A. 1883. Classification méthodique et généra des Echinides vivants et fossiles. Alger : Publisher unknown 131 pp. 1 pl. [78].
Type species:
Echinometra prisca Cotteau, 1875 by original designation.
Mortensenia Döderlein, L. 1905. 4. Über Seeigel der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger 28(18): 621-624 [623].
Type species:
Echinus oblonga Blainville, 1825 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fell, H.B. & Pawson, D.L. 1966. Echinozoa: Echinacea. pp. U367-U440 figs 272-328 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. [U433]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, 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

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific 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		02-Sep-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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