Species Holothuria (Metriatyla) conica H.L. Clark, 1938

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Species Holothuria (Metriatyla) conica H.L. Clark, 1938

Holothuria conica Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [531, fig. 55].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 1547, Quail Is., 56 miles west from Darwin, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Quail Is., west of Darwin NT. Low water mark

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

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, 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

Rowe, F.W.E. 1969. A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 18(4): 117-170 figs 1-21 (note possible disposition of Holothuria conica in subgenus Metriatyla)

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-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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