Species Synaptula lactea (Sluiter, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synapta lactea Sluiter, C. P. 1888. Die Evertebraten aus der Sammulung des Koniglichen Naturwissenschaftlichen vereins in Niederländisch Indien in Batavia. Die Echinodermen. 1. Holothuroidea. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 47: 181-220 2 pls [216].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E2190, E2612 11 specimens, Bay of Batavia, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Townsville, Qld and off Melville Is., NT; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 9-40 m.

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 Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, deposit feeder, detritivore, 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.

Heding, S.G. 1928. Synaptidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 85: 105-323 figs 1-69 pls 2-3

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (relationship between this species and Synapta lamperti Heding, 1928 and between both species and Synapta reticulata Semper, 1868 requires further examination)

 

History of changes

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