Species Phyllophorus proteus Bell, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phyllophorus proteus Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [150, pl. 9(F,F')].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.10.26.28, 107, 108, Port Molle, Clairmont and Thursday Ils, Alert Ils, QLD; BMNH 1882.2.22.46, Port Molle, Clairmont and Thursday Ils, Alert Ils, QLD; BMNH 1938.8.23.54, Port Molle, Clairmont and Thursday Ils, Alert Ils, QLD.
• Thyone sluiteri Lampert, K. 1889. Die während der Expedition S.M.S. Gazelle 1874–1876 von Prof. Dr. Th. Studer gesammelten Holothurien. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4(4): 806-858 pl. 24 [838, pl. 24(9)] [as Thyone (?) sluiteri].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Mermaid Strait, northwestern Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [195]
• 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] (based on re-examination and assessment of extant type material)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon and Broome, WA to Port Molle, Qld. Depth range 0-32 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Thyone sluiteri Lampert, 1889, Phyllophorus holothurioides Ludwig, 1875 (misidentification) and Phyllophorus proteus Bell, 1884)

 

History of changes

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