Species Ptilometra australis (Wilton, 1843)

Encrinus australis Wilton, C.P.N. 1843. Art. III. On a new species of encrinite (Encrinus Australis). Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 2(7): 118-120 [118].
Type data:
Holotype lost, Hunter River, Newcastle, NSW.
Ptilometra muelleri Clark, A.H. 1909. Two new Australian crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 39-42 [41] [as Ptilometra mülleri ; new name for east coast specimens of Ptilometra macronema, misidentified as Ptilometra mülleri].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Clark, A.H. 1947. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4b.— Superfamily Mariametrida (concluded—the family Colobometridae) and superfamily Tropiometrida (except the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-473 pls 1-43 [403]

Generic Combinations

Ptilometra australis (Wilton, 1843).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mast Head Island, QLD to Bass Strait. Depth range 0-?110 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.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1947. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4b.— Superfamily Mariametrida (concluded—the family Colobometridae) and superfamily Tropiometrida (except the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-473 pls 1-43 [409] (believes record op. cit. probably based on a specimen of Aporometra wilsoni Bell, 1888)

Clark, A.M. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–63. Echinodermata. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 27: 289-384, figs 1-10, pls 1-4 [297] (notes specimen op. cit. cannot be found in the BMNH)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [56] (records a specimen from Port Phillip, VIC)

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		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)