Species Metalia angustus De Ridder, 1984

Museums

Regional Maps

• Metalia angustus De Ridder, C. 1984. Clypeastéroïdes et spatangoïdes littoraux de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Echinodermata). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 6(A,3): 617-624 pls 1-2 [621, pl. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP EcEs8286, Woodin Canal, New Caledonia.
  Paratype(s) MNHP EcEs8287.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Hayman Is., Qld to Port Jackson, NSW; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-25 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

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. (in part, as Metalia latissima H.L. Clark, 1925)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)