Genus Pericosmus L. Agassiz, 1847
- Pericosmus Agassiz, L. & Desor, E. 1847. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres et des familles d'Echinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 3 8: 5-35 [pl. 16 from Vol. 6] [19] [proposed with subgeneric rank in
Hemiaster Desor, 1847].Type species:
Hemiaster (Pericosmus) latus Desor, 1847 by subsequent designation, see de Loriol, P. 1875. Descriptions des Echinides Tertiares de la Suisse. Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 2–3: 1-142 [114]. - Megalaster Duncan, P.M. 1877. On the Echinodermata of the Australian Cainozoic (Tertiary) deposits. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 33(4): 42-71 pls 3-4 [61].
Type species:
Megalaster compressus Duncan, 1877 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U568]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
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
Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic
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-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |