Species Gymnechinus epistichus H.L. Clark, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gymnechinus epistichus Clark, H.L. 1912. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. The Pedinidae, Phymosomatidae, Stomopneustidae, Echinidae, Temnopleuridae, Strongylocentrotidae and Echinometridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 34(4): 205-383 pls 90-121 [289, pl. 102(4-5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 1289, Bohol, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 1290 2 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait to Double Island Point, Qld; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-63 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)