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Species Histocidaris crassipina Mortensen, 1928

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

S of Sydney, taken at 720 m depth


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 Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, temperate.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (based on an aberrant Histocidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879))

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 (suggest either very rare or based on an aberrant Histocidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879))

 

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)
16-Feb-2012 16-Feb-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)