Species Synaptula recta (Semper, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synapta recta Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 1: 1-288, pls 1-40 [14, pls 4(2-3), 5(18), 8(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Bohol, Philippines.
• Synaptula rubra Heding, S.G. 1931. Über die Synaptiden des Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 61: 637-696 figs 1-17 pls 1-2 [655].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Bowen, QLD.
• Synaptula boweniensis Heding, S.G. 1931. Über die Synaptiden des Zoologischen Museums zu Hamburg. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 61: 637-696 figs 1-17 pls 1-2 [658, fig. 6(12-21)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 2980, Bowen, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ZMH 2952.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] (following re-examination of type specimens of Synaptula boweniensis Heding, 1931 and Synaptula rubra Heding, 1931 and comparative material from the Philippines, including specimens of S. recta)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Broadhurst Reef, Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-20 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 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, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, 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 (as Chondrocloea recta (Semper, 1868))

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

 

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)