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Species Placotrochides cylindrica Cairns, 2004


Compiler and date details

12-Jun-2012 - Marcelo Visentini Kitahara

  • Type data:
     Holotype MTQ G55627 One specimen (Cidaris I30), off Cairns, Queensland [17°18.96'S / 147°11.16'E, 1402-1406 m].
    Paratype(s) MTQ G56394 One specimen (Cidaris I9-2), northeastern Queensland [18°08.10'S / 148°22.43'E, 1117]; MTQ G56396 One specimen (Cidaris I20-2), northeastern Queensland [17°42.85'S / 147°48.88'E, 1192 m]; MTQ G56402-G56403 Two specimens (Cidaris I30-2), northeastern Queensland [17°18.96'S / 147°11.16'E, 1402-1406 m]; USNM 1008851 One specimen (Cidaris I30-2), off Cairns, Queensland [17°18.96'S / 147°11.16'E, 1402-1406 m].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Ecological Descriptors

Marine, deep water, solitary, azooxanthellate, depth range: 1117-1402 m.

 

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)
CARYOPHYLLIINA 13-Aug-2013 ADDED Dr Carden Wallace