Species Nacospatangus (Pseudomaretia) interruptus (Studer, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lonchophorus interruptus Studer, T. 1880. Übersicht über die während der Reise S.M.S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde 1874–76 gesammelten Echinoiden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 861-885 2 pls [880, pl. 2(2-2c)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), 'West Australia'.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nacospatangus (Pseudomaretia) interruptus (Studer, 1880).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From Dampier Archipelago to Lagrange Bay, NW Shelf. Depth range 5-55 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

 

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

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (in part, as Gonimaretia interrupta (Studer, 1880))

Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls. (as Pseudomaretia interrupta (Studer, 1880))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)