Species Molpadia andamanensis (Walsh, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trochostoma andamanense Walsh, J.H.. 1891. VI. - Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator, Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N. commanding. No. 24. List of deep-sea holothurians collected during seasons 1887 to 1891, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 60(2): 197-204 [203].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IM 3 specimens (depository uncertain), southeast of Cinque Is., Andaman Sea.
• Molpadia productamensis Clark, H.L. 1909. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(11): 519-564, pls 47-58 [562, pl. 58(22-30)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM J1011, off Jibbon, NSW; MCZ 138, off Jibbon, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (confirming the synonymy inferred by Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1–567 [443], following examination of further Australian material)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Melville Is., NT to Cronulla, NSW, Flinders Shoal, WA; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 100-338 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, deposit feeder, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

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