Species Taeniogyrus roebucki (Joshua, 1914)

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Species Taeniogyrus roebucki (Joshua, 1914)

Trochodota roebucki Joshua, E.C. 1914. Victorian Holothuroidea, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 27(1): 1-11, pl. 1 [9, pl. 1(4)].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F45034, Torquay, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV F45035 2 specimens, Torquay, VIC.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern coast of Tas, Cape Paterson Vic (TOH) to Geraldton, WA, 0-3.5 m (TOH)

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)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deposit feeder, detritivore, inshore, 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 (as Trochodota roebucki Joshua, 1914)

Rowe, F.W.E. 1976. Restriction of the chiridotid genus Trochodota Ludwig (1891) (Holothurioidea: Apodida), with the description of a new species from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100(4): 203-206 figs 1-4

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)

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