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
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
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