Species Jacksonaster depressum (Agassiz, 1841)

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Species Jacksonaster depressum (Agassiz, 1841)

Laganum depressum Lesson, R.P. in Agassiz, L. 1841. Monographie d'Echinodermes vivans et fossiles. Echinites. Famille des Clypéastroides. II. Des Scutelles. 1-151 pls 1-27 [Species description] [110, pl. 23(1-7)].
Type data:
Holotype (whereabouts undetermined), l'île Bourou, Indo-Malay Archipelago.
Laganum dyscritum Clark, H.L. 1932. Echinodermata (other than Asteroidea) of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928–29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(7): 197-239 figs 1-9 pl. 1 [216, pl. 1(5-9)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Low Isles and west of Low Isles, North QLD.
Paratype(s) MCZ 6019 8 specimens; MCZ 7020 2 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV (2). Clypeastroida. Clypeastridae, Arachnoididae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae and Scutellidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 471 pp. 258 figs 72 pls. [313]

Generic Combinations

Jacksonaster depressum (Lesson, 1841).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Bay, WA to Low Is., Capricorn Group, Qld and Port Jackson, NSW; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-85 m, ?Miocene deposits from Fiji, Pliocene deposits from East Africa and Java, Pleistocene deposits from the Red Sea, Somalia, Persian Gulf and New Hebrides

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 Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Laganum dyscritum H.L. Clark, 1932)

Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV (2). Clypeastroida. Clypeastridae, Arachnoididae, Fibulariidae, Laganidae and Scutellidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 471 pp. 258 figs 72 pls.

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)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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