Species Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1922)

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Species Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1922)

Echinocyamus polyporus Mortensen, T. 1922. Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. 1. Echinoidea. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 73: 139-198 [176].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC (depository uncertain), Cooke Strait, New Zealand.
Paratype(s) MCZ 5016.

Generic Combinations

Mortonia polyporus (Mortensen, 1922).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Tasman Sea; New Zealand. Depth range 9-536 m

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)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, inshore.

General References

Pawson, D.L. 1965. Some echinozoans from north of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 5(15): 197-224 5 pls

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
17-Feb-2012	17-Feb-2012	MOVED
17-Feb-2012	17-Feb-2012	MOVED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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