Species Staurothyone inconspicua (Bell, 1887)
- Cucumaria inconspicua Bell, F.J. 1887. Studies in the Holothurioidea. — VI. Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 531-534, pl. 45 [532, pl. 45(3)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1885.11.19.91–95, Port Phillip Heads, VIC.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Point Hicks, Vic to Ceduna., SA (TOH), and to SE Tas. Depth range littoral to 15 m.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, suspension feeder, temperate.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567
O'Loughlin, P.M. 1991. Brooding and fission in shallow-water echinoderms of southern Australia. pp. 223-228 figs 1-5 in Yanagisawa, T., Yasumasu, I., Oguro, C., Suzuki, N. & Motokawa, T. (eds). Biology of Echinodermata. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema.
Rowe, F.W.E. 1982. Sea-cucumbers (Class Holothurioidea). 454-476-11 figs pls 29(6), 30(3-4), 31(1) in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |