Species Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)

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Species Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816)

Cidarites metularia Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Echinides. pp. 1–59 in, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Edn 1 Vol. 3. Paris. 1-59 pp. [56].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP EcEs5000, Mauritius (as île de France).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Osprey Reef to Lady Elliott Is., Qld, Tasman Sea, NSW and Monte Bello Is. and Timor Sea, WA to Evans and Flinders Shoals, NT; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-570 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

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. South-west Pacific cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) including two new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 3: 1-13 pls 1-6

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15

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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