Species Nudechinus multicolor (Yoshiwara, 1898)

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Species Nudechinus multicolor (Yoshiwara, 1898)

Echinus multicolor Yoshiwara, S. 1898. Preliminary notice of new Japanese echinoids. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 2(2): 57-61 [60].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Satsuma, southern Japan.

Generic Combinations

Nudechinus multicolor (Yoshiwara, 1898).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Three Ils and Low Is. Qld; west Pacific Ocean, presumably from shallow waters

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

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, tropical.

General References

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

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] (only two small urchins from Australian localities and holotype from Japan are known, more material needed to determine the correct status)

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		18-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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