Species Stomopneustes variolaris (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinus variolaris Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Echinides. pp. 1–59 in, Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Edn 1 Vol. 3. Paris. 1-59 pp. [47].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP EcEs5022–5024, Australian seas.
• Stomopneustes atropurpurea Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1881. On the habits of some Australian Echini. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 193-204 [Date published 31/12/1881] [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J535, NE Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Is., WA to Port Denison, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Littoral waters. Tertiary deposits from Java.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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)