Species Toxometra lepta (H.L. Clark, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monilometra lepta Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [51, figs 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 950, Broome, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Toxometra lepta (H.L. Clark, 1938).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bernier Island to Broome, WA. Depth range 9-60 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. & Clark, A.M. 1967. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 5. — Suborders Oligophreata (concluded) and Macrophreata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-860 figs 1-53

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Monilometra lepta H.L. Clark, 1938)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)