Species Sculpsitechinus auritus (Leske, 1778)

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).

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

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

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-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)