Species Metalia dicrana H.L. Clark, 1917

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Species Metalia dicrana H.L. Clark, 1917

Metalia dicrana Clark, H.L. 1917. Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. Based upon collections made by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross in 1902, Commander Chauncey Thomas, U.S.N., commanding, and in 1906, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. The Spatangina. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 46(2): 79-283 pls 144-161 [211, pls 146(16), 160(1-4)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3152, Bohol, Philippines.
Paratype(s) MCZ 3153.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals to Ashmore Reef, WA, Michaelmas Cay, off Cairns to Moreton Bay, Qld; western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean. Littoral waters.

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 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, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, inshore, tropical.

General References

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

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.

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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