Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Synaptula macra (H.L. Clark, 1938)

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Species Synaptula macra (H.L. Clark, 1938)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Barrow Is., WA to Cobourg Peninsula, NT; Caroline Ils, Pacific Ocean. Shallow waters (low water mark).


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.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NW coast
  • Federated States of Micronesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Chondrocloea macra H.L. Clark, 1938)

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] (almost certainly will prove to be a large form of Synapta recta Semper, 1868 when sufficient material has been compared)

 

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