Species Laganum laganum (Leske, 1778)
- Echinodiscus laganum Leske, N.G. 1778. Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein Naturalem Dispositionem Echinodermatum et Lucubratiunculam de Aculeis Echinorum Marinorum. Lipsiae. [140].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, seas of India?.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From uncertain localities in Qld, (Port Jackson), NSW and Tas, and from Dirk Hartog Is., WA, occurrence in Australian waters requires examination; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Tentative depth range 0-34 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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: Central W coast, Lower E coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast
Oriental Region
- West Pacific Ocean
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, 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 (doubts occurrence on the Australian west coast)
History of changes
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15-Sep-2023 | 11-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |