Species Prionocidaris australis (Ramsay, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phyllacanthus australis Ramsay, E.P. 1885. Catalogue of the Echinodermata in the Australian Museum.Part 1, Echini. Desmosticha and Petalosticha. Sydney : Australian Museum 54 pp. 5 pls. [44, pls 1, 1a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J193, near South Reef, Port Jackson, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 [250].
• Cidaris (Cidaris) glandulosa De Meijere, J.C.H. 1904. Die Echinoidea der Siboga Expedition. Siboga-Expéditie Report 43: 1-251 pls 1-23 [13, pl. 1(5-6)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ 754, west end of Flores, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15 [250]

 

Generic Combinations

• Prionocidaris australis (Ramsay, 1885).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Fraser Is., Qld to Sydney, NSW; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 10-145 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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

Rowe, F.W.E. & Hoggett, A. 1986. The cidarid echinoids (Echinodermata) of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(4): 225-261 figs 1-15

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		17-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)