Species Hygrosoma hoplacantha (Thomson, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phormosoma hoplacantha Thomson, W.C. 1877. The voyage of the Challenger. The Atlantic 1: Vol. 1 424 pp.; Vol. 2 396 pp. [148, fig. 35].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, the Basilan Strait (7º3´N 121º48´E), Indo-Malay Archipelago (mislabelled '.off N.S. Wales').

  Type locality references:

  Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 647 pp. 377 figs 89 pls. [209].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Port Hedland; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 360-2068 m SE Australian records by Anderson (2016)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, tropical.

 

General References

Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 647 pp. 377 figs 89 pls.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2016	ECHINOTHURIOIDA	04-Jul-2016	MODIFIED
27-Jul-2016		28-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023		11-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)