Species Temnotrema elegans Mortensen, 1918

Museums

Regional Maps

• Temnotrema elegans Mortensen, T. 1918. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. XXI. Echinoidea. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 58(9): 1-22 pls 1-5 [12, fig. 2, pls 4(4-6), 5(3)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM Type-158 1 specimen, off Cape Jaubert, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Is., Qld and Fremantle to Broome, WA. Depth range 5-27 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III (2). Camarodonta I. Orthopsidae, Glyphocyphidae, Temnopleuridae and Toxopneustidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 553 pp. 321 figs 56 pls. [259] (specific rank questionable, may prove to be a synonym or subspecies of Temnotrema bothryoides (L. Agassiz, 1846))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Feb-2012		17-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)