Species Salmaciella oligopora (H.L. Clark, 1916)

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Species Salmaciella oligopora (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Salmacis oligopora Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [113, pls 42(1-2), 43(2)].
Type data:
Holotype AM E641, Oyster Bay, TAS.
Paratype(s) AM E1622 2 specimens, E. of Cape Hawke, NSW; AM E1652 4 specimens, E. of Sandon Bluff, NSW; MCZ 4255 1 specimen; MCZ 4256 1 specimen; MCZ 4283 2 specimens.
Secondary source:
Rowe, F.W.E. & Pawson, D.L. 1977. A catalogue of echinoderm type-specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 30(14): 337-364 [358].

Generic Combinations

Salmaciella oligopora (H.L. Clark, 1916).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Port Denison, Qld to Oyster Bay, Tas. Depth range 5-90 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, temperate, 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 (as Salmacis oligopora H.L. Clark, 1916)

Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (2). Camarodonta I. Orthopsidae, Glyphocyphidae, Temnopleuridae and Toxopneustidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 553 pp. 321 figs 56 pls. [147-148] (questions validity and distinctness from Salmaciella dussumieri L. Agassiz, 1846)

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (validity still in doubt)

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)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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