Species Linopneustes brachypetalus Mortensen, 1950

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Species Linopneustes brachypetalus Mortensen, 1950

Linopneustes brachypetalus Mortensen, T. 1950. New Echinoidea (Spatangoida). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 112: 156-163 [157].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC, off Lakes Entrance (as 38º05´S 150ºE), VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off (Moreton Is.), Qld, off Danger Point, NSW to off Cape Everard, Vic; west Pacific. Depth range 270-640 m

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

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, deposit feeder, temperate.

General References

Baker, A.N. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1990. Atelostomatid sea urchins from Australian and New Zealand waters (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida, Neolampadoida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 282-316 figs 1-114

Mortensen, T. 1950. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (1). Spatangoida. I. Protosternata, Meridosternata, Amphisternata I, Palaeopneustidae, Palaeostomatidae, Aëropsidae, Toxasteridae, Micrasteridae, Hemiasteridae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 422 pp. 315 figs 25 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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