WoRMS taxon details
Orbithyone megapodia Clark, 1938
214625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214625)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension...
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension...
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, also Aldabra, western Indian Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, also Aldabra, western Indian Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Orbithyone megapodia Clark, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214625 on 2025-04-07
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2000-09-21 09:20:59Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
basis of record Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]
basis of record Sloan, N. A.; Clark, A. M.; Taylor, J. D. (1979). The Echinoderms of Aldabra and their habitats. <em>Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist.</em> 37 (2): 81- 128. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Clark & Rowe (1971) and Rowe & Gates (1995).Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder. General distribution: tropical, also Aldabra, western Indian Ocean, depth range 0-15 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 1627. Type locality: Broome, Western Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
