Species Metalia latissima H.L. Clark, 1925

Museums

Regional Maps

• Metalia latissima Clark, H.L. 1925. A Catalogue of the Recent Sea Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum 250 pp. 12 pls. [215, pls 11(7), 12(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 88.1.2.66, Tuticorin, India.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld to Clarence River, NSW; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-74 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), 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, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

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

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)

 

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)