Species Plesiocolochirus spinosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Holothuria spinosa Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe: Zoologie: Zoophytes. Paris : J. Tastu 390 pp. 26 pls. [118, pl. 7(1-10)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 8 specimens, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW. - Stereoderma validum Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [150, pl. 9(3a-f)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1862.12.19.6, Port Jackson, NSW and North Dunbar Is., China Seas; BMNH 1881.10.26.114–118, 201, Port Jackson, NSW and North Dunbar Is., China Seas.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [395]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Swain Reefs, Qld to Sth NSW (Point Cooke, Vic); west Pacific Ocean, China Sea. Depth range 9-90 m.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast
Oriental Region
- West Pacific Ocean
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, suspension feeder, temperate, 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 (as
History of changes
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