Species Rynkatorpa hickmani Rowe & Pawson, 1967

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rynkatorpa hickmani Rowe, F.W.E. & Pawson, D.L. 1967. A new genus in the holothurian family Synaptidae, with a new species from Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 101: 31-35 figs 1-15 [32, figs 1-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J7544, Derwent Estuary, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM J7545-6 slides (holotype slides), Derwent Estuary, TAS; UZMO 6 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Malabar, NSW to southeast coast Tas. Depth range 0-95 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, detritivore, temperate.

 

General References

Dartnall, A.J. 1980. Tasmanian Echinoderms. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 3. Hobart : Fauna of Tasmania Committee 82 pp. 36 figs 5 pls.

Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)