Species Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851)
- Schizaster jukesii Gray, J.E. 1851. Descriptions of new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 7(13): 130-134 [133].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 46.8.10.64, Cape York, QLD. - Hypselaster dolosus 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 [430, pl. 28(4-7)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 7255, Broome, WA.
Paratype(s) 7256 7 specimens; AM J6162 1 specimen, Broome, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McNamara, K.J. & Philip, G.M. 1980. Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 104(2): 127-146 figs 1-13 [143]
Generic Combinations
- Hypselaster jukesii (Gray, 1851).
- Proraster jukesii (Gray, 1851).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Broome, WA to Moreton Bay, Qld (LM). Depth range 0-143 m
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, 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. (as Hypselaster jukesii Gray, 1851)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Hypselaster dolosus H.L. Clark, 1938 and
McNamara, K.J. & Philip, G.M. 1980. Living Australian schizasterid echinoids. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 104(2): 127-146 figs 1-13
History of changes
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