Species Oligopodia epigonus (von Martens, 1865)
- Nucleolites epigonus von Martens, E. 1865. Über zwei neue ostasiatische Echiniden. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865: 140-144 [143].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Indo-Malay Archipelago.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Norfolk and Lord Howe Is.; Indo-Malayan Region, Philippines, Bonin Is.. Depth range 35-141 m.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Bonin Islands (= Ogasawara-Gunto)
Oriental Region
- Philippines
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder.
General References
Baker, A.N. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1990. Atelostomatid sea urchins from Australian and New Zealand waters (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida, Neolampadoida). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 282-316 figs 1-114 [282] (lists Oligopoda [sic] epigonus (von Martens) under Family Incertae sedis)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [356] (doubts the correctness of his earlier record of Oligopodia epigonus from Lord Howe Is. (see
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
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |