Species Prionocidaris bispinosa (Lamarck, 1816)

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Species Prionocidaris bispinosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Cidarites bispinosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Echinides. pp. 1–59 in, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Edn 1 Vol. 3. Paris. 1-59 pp. [57].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
Cidarites bispinosa ramsayi Döderlein, L. 1902. Bericht über die von Herrn Professor Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Echinoidea. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 683-726 pls 58-65 [697].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Queensland.
Cidarites bispinosa elegans Mortensen, T. 1918. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. XXI. Echinoidea. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 58(9): 1-22 pls 1-5 [7].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), off Cape Jaubert, WA.
Cidarites bispinosa nigrobrunnea Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [473].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH, Cape Jaubert and Shark Bay, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mortensen, T. 1928. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. I. Cidaroidea. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 551 pp. 73 figs 88 pls. [472]

Generic Combinations

Prionocidaris bispinosa (Lamarck, 1816).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mandurah, WA to Port Curtis, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 18-125 m, Eocene deposits from Egypt

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)

IMCRA

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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, tropical.

General References

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.

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

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		17-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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