Species Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz, 1863

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Species Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz, 1863

Echinostrephus aciculatus Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(2): 17-28 [21].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MCZ 1561 1 specimen, Gilbert and Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 1562 1 specimen, Gilbert and Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 1035 1 specimen, Gilbert and Hawaiian Ils; MCZ 2036 1 specimen, Gilbert and Hawaiian Ils.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lady Elliott Is., Qld to Long Reef, NSW; west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 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

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 E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, subtropical.

General References

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

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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