Species Nanometra johnstoni John, 1939

Nanometra johnstoni John, D.D. 1939. Crinoidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 4: 189-212 figs 1-8 [193, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1948.1.7.193, 42º40´S 148º27´18˜E, off TAS.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1948.1.7.192 1 specimen; BMNH 1948.1.7.194 1 specimen.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

SE continental slope. Depth range 122-770 m (TOH).

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.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Tas. Coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

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

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 (specimens from Norfolk Is. are referable to Nanometra duala Rowe, 1989)

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-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)