WoRMS name details
NomenclatureOtheradditional source
Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source
Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details]
additional source
Mortensen, T. (1931). Echinodermata. <em>Faune des colonies francaises.</em> 4: 590-596. [details]
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Description Colour in life: junble green with surrounding whorl of secondary spines grey (Humphreys, 1981). Description: verticillate primary spines with 3 or 4 thorny whorls (Sastry, 1997).
Also distributed in Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-54 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype (probable) Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle EcEs309. Type locality: unknown (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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