Species Holopneustes inflatus (Lütken, 1872)

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Species Holopneustes inflatus (Lütken, 1872)

Amblypneustes inflatus Lütken, C.F. in Agassiz, A. 1872. Preliminary notice of a few species of Echini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(4): 55-58 [56].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ (see Mortensen (1943: 218, pl. 17 (7,8))), New Holland (?Australia or TAS).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Richmond River, NSW to Derwent Estuary, Tas to Waterloo Bay SA (Fremantle WA). Depth range 0-25 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)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, 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

Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (2). Camarodonta I. Orthopsidae, Glyphocyphidae, Temnopleuridae and Toxopneustidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 553 pp. 321 figs 56 pls.

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (based on examination of AM material, here restricted to forms with fewer and finer spines and tubercles in line with figure in [218 pl. 17(7–8)] of the test of the holotype; rarer than congener Holopneustes purpurascens A. Agassiz, 1872 of which Rowe considers Holopneustes pycnotilus H.L. Clark, 1912 a junior synonym; Holopneustes inflatus (Lütken, 1872) appears to be restricted to SE Australia)

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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