Species Lipotrapeza vestiens (Joshua, 1914)

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Species Lipotrapeza vestiens (Joshua, 1914)

Phyllophorus vestiens Joshua, E.C. 1914. Victorian Holothuroidea, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 27(1): 1-11, pl. 1 [5, pl. 1(2)].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F45144, Torquay, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV F45145 1 specimen, Torquay, VIC.

Generic Combinations

Lipotrapeza vestiens (Joshua, 1914). —
Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [496]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Liptrap Vic, to Jacobs Boat Harbour, Tas to Cottesloe, WA. Depth range 0-10 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

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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

O'Loughlin, P.M., Barmos, S. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2012. The phyllophorid sea cucumbers of southern Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Phyllophoridae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 269–308 [275] (new records)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
22-Jan-2015	22-Apr-2013	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	18-Apr-2013	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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