Species Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)

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Species Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855)

Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, J.E. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Echinida Irregularia. London : British Museum Vol. 1 69 pp., 6 pls. [14, pl. 2(2)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 51.3.12.18, New Zealand.

Generic Combinations

Fellaster zelandiae (Gray, 1855).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Upstart, Qld and Flinders Is., Tas; west Pacific. Littoral waters. Pliocene deposits from New Zealand

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)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, temperate, 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 (as Arachnoides zelandiae Gray, 1855, identification of Australian specimens uncertain)

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. [149] (questions identification of Australian specimens)

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)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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