Species Zygometra punctata A.H. Clark, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

• Zygometra punctata Clark, A.H. 1912. Seventeen new East Indies crinoids belonging to the families Comasteridae and Zygometridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 17-28 [24].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA E1308 4 specimens, off Pulu Jedan, eastern coast of Aru Ils, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Monte Bello Islands, WA to Swain Reefs, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-55 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1941. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4a.— Superfamily Mariametrida (except the family Colobometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-603 pls 1-61

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

 

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)