Species Loisettea amphictena Rowe & Pawson, 1985

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Species Loisettea amphictena Rowe & Pawson, 1985

Loisettea amphictena Rowe, F.W.E. & Pawson, D.L. 1985. Loisettea amphictena, new genus, new species, from the sublittoral of north–western Australia (Echinodermata: Holothurioidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(3): 672-677 figs 1-3 [673, figs 1-3].
Type data:
Holotype AM J1427, off Cape Bertholet (17º38´S 121º27´E), WA.
Paratype(s) AM J14283; AM J14288; WAM Z1896 1 specimen (old number: 54–63), SW of Adele Is, WA; WAM Z1951, Z1897 2 specimens (old numbers: 70–63, 96-63), E of Delambre Is, Dampier Archipelago, WA; WAM Z1898 1 specimen (old number: 330-71), off Carnarvon, WA; WAM Z1900 1 specimen (old number: 676-82), N of Port Walcott, WA; WAM Z1899 1 specimen (old number: 332-71), Shark Bay, WA; WAM Z1901 1 specimen (old number: 677-82), Port Walcott, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA to Darwin, NT. Depth range 18-78 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)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, suspension feeder, tropical.

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		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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