Species Phormosoma rigidum A. Agassiz, 1881

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Species Phormosoma rigidum A. Agassiz, 1881

Phormosoma rigidum Agassiz, A. 1881. Echinoidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 3: 1-321 pls 1-45 [104, pl. 2a(1-4)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 81.11.22.1149 1 specimen, off New Zealand.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Off Danger Point to off Sydney NSW, off Lord Howe Is.; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 117-1260 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)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, tropical.

General References

Mortensen, T. 1935. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida and Stirodonta. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 647 pp. 377 figs 89 pls.

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)

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