Species Loisettea gazellae (Lampert, 1889)

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Species Loisettea gazellae (Lampert, 1889)

Colochirus gazellae Lampert, K. 1889. Die während der Expedition S.M.S. Gazelle 1874–1876 von Prof. Dr. Th. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4(4): 806-858 pl. 24 [823, pl. 24(5)].
Type data:

Syntype(s) MCZ 3 specimens, Mermaid Strait, northwestern Australia; NHMW 11523 2 syntypes, Mermaid Strait, northwestern Australia, 2.5-7.5 fathoms.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia only from Mermaid Strait WA; Indo-Malayan Region. Depth range 3-36 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

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NW coast

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, 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 (as Thyone gazellae (Lampert, 1889))

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

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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