Species Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851)

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Species Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851)

Schizaster jukesii Gray, J.E. 1851. Descriptions of new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 7(13): 130-134 [133].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 46.8.10.64, Cape York, QLD.
Hypselaster dolosus 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 [430, pl. 28(4-7)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 7255, Broome, WA.
Paratype(s) 7256 7 specimens; AM J6162 1 specimen, Broome, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

McNamara, K.J. & Philip, G.M. 1980. Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 104(2): 127-146 figs 1-13 [143]

Generic Combinations

Hypselaster jukesii (Gray, 1851).
Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA to Moreton Bay, Qld (LM). Depth range 0-143 m

Australian Endemic.

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

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. (as Hypselaster jukesii Gray, 1851)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Hypselaster dolosus H.L. Clark, 1938 and Hypselaster fragilis (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907)

McNamara, K.J. & Philip, G.M. 1980. Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 104(2): 127-146 figs 1-13

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		18-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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