Genus Phyllacanthus Brandt, 1835

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Genus Phyllacanthus Brandt, 1835

Phyllacanthus Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. pp. 1-75-1 pl. [67] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Cidarites Lamarck, 1816].
Type species:
Cidarites (Phyllacanthus) dubia Brandt, 1835 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 208. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 353-366 [355].
Leiocidaris Desor, E. 1858. Synopsis des Echinides fossiles. 494 pp. 44 pls. [48].
Type species:
Cidaris imperialis Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [500, 503].
Aulacocidaris Lambert, J. 1903. [Genus description]. 81-160, pls 3-4 in Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (eds). Essai de nomenclature raissonée des Echinides. Chaumont : Libraire L. Ferriere Vol. 2. [Date published 1910] [155].
Type species:
Aulacocidaris lamberti Savin, 1903 by original designation.
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [489].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fell, H.B. 1966. Echinozoa: Cidaroids. pp. U312-U339 figs 235-254 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. 1. [U330]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

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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