Genus Spatangus Gray, 1825

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• Spatangus Gray, J.E. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida or sea-eggs into natural families. Annals of Philosophy 26: 423-431 [430].

  Type species:

   Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1954. Opinion 209. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 3: 367-392 [527].
• Prospatangus Lambert, J. 1902. Description des Echinides fossiles de la Province de Barcelone. Pt. 1. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. Paléontologie 9((3)24): 1-58 figs 1-5 pls 9-13 [55].

  Type species:

   Spatangus purpureus Müller, 1776 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls. [7].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U605]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
• Hawaii
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

• Juan Fernandez Islands

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

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)