Genus Echinothrix Peters, 1853

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Genus Echinothrix Peters, 1853

Echinothrix Peters, W.C.H. 1853. Über die an der Küste von Mossambique beobachteten Seeigel und insbesondere über die Gruppe der Diademen, von welcher hier ein Auszug folgt. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1853: 484-488 [487].
Type species:
Echinus calamaris Pallas, 1774 by subsequent designation, see Mortensen, T. 1940. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (1). Aulodonta, with additions to (Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta). Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel Vol. II 370 pp. 197 figs 77 pls. [283].
Garelia Gray, J.E. 1855. An arrangement of the families of Echinidae, with descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23: 35-39 [36, 38] [Garelia aequalis Gray, 1855 (=Echinus calamaris Pallas, 1774)].
Type species (included species):
Garelia aequalis Gray, 1855; Garelia clavata Gray, 1855
Savignya Desor, E. 1858. Synopsis des Echinides fossiles. 494 pp. 44 pls. [82].
Secondary source:
Fell, H.B. 1966. Echinozoa: Diadematacea. pp. U340-U366a, figs 255-271 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. [350].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Watson, J.E. 1979. Biota of a temperate shallow-water reef. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 103(4): 227-235 [Pholiostigma watsoni Baker, m.s. is a nomen nudem; the species was described as Amphistigma watsoni by Baker, 1979] [U350]

Distribution

States

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

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