Species Sculpsitechinus auritus (Leske, 1778)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinodiscus auritus Leske, N.G. 1778. Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein Naturalem Dispositionem Echinodermatum et Lucubratiunculam de Aculeis Echinorum Marinorum. Lipsiae. [138].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Sculpsitechinus auritus (Leske, 1778). —
  Stara, P. & Sanciu, L. 2014. Analysis of some astriclypeids (Echinoidea Clypeasteroida). Biodiversity 5(2): 291–358

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon to Broome WA; western Indian Ocean, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 m, Upper Pliocene to Pleistocene deposits from Java and (Pleistocene deposits from Egypt).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

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