Species Taimanawa mortenseni Henderson & Fell, 1969

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Species Taimanawa mortenseni Henderson & Fell, 1969

Taimanawa mortenseni Henderson, R.A. & Fell, H.B. 1969. Taimanawa, a new genus of brissid echinoids from the Tertiary and Recent Indo-west Pacific with a review of the related genera Brissopatagus and Gillechinus. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 320: 1-29 figs 1-3 pls 1-5 [12, fig. 2b, pl. 5(1)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC, between Little Kei and Tajando Islands, Kei Ils, Indo-Malay Archipelago.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE of Rowley Shoals, NW Shelf; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 260-431 m.

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

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, deposit feeder, tropical.

General References

McNamara, K.J. & Henderson, R.A. 1984. A redescription of the rare echinoid Taimanawa mortenseni Henderson and Fell (Spatangoida: Brissidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(4): 403-410 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-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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