Species Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Echinus sphaeroides Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [664].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Indian Ocean.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago, WA to Eden, NSW; west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-90 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

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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 (in part, as Salmacis virgulata L. Agassiz & Desor. 1846)

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. [138] (identifies specimen from Double Island Point, QLD as a hybrid of Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758) x Temnopleurus alexandri (Bell, 1884))

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] (some confusion exists between the identification of this species, Salmacis virgulata which has been mistakenly recorded from Australia, and Temnopleurus alexandri (Bell, 1884))

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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