Species Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

<i>Tripneustes gratilla</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Echinus gratilla Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [664].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Indian Ocean.
Evechinus australiae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. The Echini of Australia (including those of the Chevert Expedition). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 145-176 [167].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM J1099 3 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [298]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Is., Scott Reef and Rowley Shoals, WA to Montague Is., NSW; Kermadec Ils. Depth range 0-75 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

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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 E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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

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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