Genus Metalia Gray, 1855

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Genus Metalia Gray, 1855

Metalia Gray, J.E. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Echinida Irregularia. London : British Museum Vol. 1 69 pp., 6 pls. [51] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Brissus Gray, 1825].
Type species:
Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy.
Xanthobrissus Agassiz, A. 1863. List of the echinoderms sent to different institutions in exchange for other specimens, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1(2): 17-28 [28].
Type species:
Xanthobrissus garretti A. Agassiz, 1863 by monotypy (as Brissopsis garretti A. Agassiz, ms, =Spatangus sternalis Lamarck, 1816).
Prometalia Pomel, N.A. 1883. Classification méthodique et généra des Echinides vivants et fossiles. Alger : Publisher unknown 131 pp. 1 pl. [34].
Type species:
Brissus robillardi de Loriol, 1876 by monotypy.
Eobrissus Bell, F.J. 1904. Description of a new genus of spatangids. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13(25): 236-237 [236].
Type species:
Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904 by monotypy.
Metaliopsis Fourtau, R. 1913. Notes sur les Echinides fossiles de l'Egypte. V. Bulletin de l'Institut Egyptien 5 7: 62-71 pl. 7 [68].
Type species:
Echinus maculosus Gmelin, 1788 (=Echinus spatagus Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U597]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

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), 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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

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-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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