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Download Full Article 3.7MB .Pdf File https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1966.27.16 2 November 1966 MEM. NAT. MUS. VICT. 27—1966 289 PORT PHILLIP SURVEY 1957-1963. ECHINODERMATA By AILSA M. CLARK. British Museum {Nat. Hist.). SUMMARY. ["he present paper deals mainly with the echinoderms collected by the Port Phillip Survey but also includes a studj of some of the specimens collected in the vicinity of Port Phillip by J. B. Wilson toward the end of the last century and deposited in the British Museum. In addition there are details of further interesting material from loi alities outside the bay, notably from Cape Schank, which was sent to me together with the Survej specimens. The report starts with a fauna list in which the species taken by the Survej or bj Wilson in Port Phillip appear in the left-hand column, while the other spe< ies that have been (01 are now) recorded from that part of the Flindersian region east of the dre.it Australian Bight from depths of less than 40 fathoms (about 7(i metres) appear on the right, r h is illustrates the limited number of species that occur within the bay. There follows the list of records of the Survey material, then details of certain of the species (including a few from outside Port Phillip) with kevs to all the species given in both sides of the fauna list, each class being treated separately. Four new species, a Starfish and three brittle-stars, are described, while remarks on an undetermined Antedonid and a Cucumarian of the genus Stereoderma, not previously represented in tin waters of southern Australia, are included. INTRODUCTION. The echinoderm fauna of the eastern half of the Flindersian region from the Great Australian Bight to Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, is fairly well known from the works of U. L. Clark supplemented by Cotton and Godfrey's paper of [942. However, few records exist of a number of the species and the localities of most of the specimens in the South Australian Museum reported on by H. L. Clark in 1928 (including the types of a number of species not otherwise known) are uncertain. The fauna list given in this paper may need to be supplemented by the addition of further species at present only known from the other half of the Flindersian region, that is from south-west and western Australia. The possibility of this is emphasized by the discovery of Nectria macrobrachia among the additional material that had been collected at Cape Schank, Victoria sent to me by Miss Macpherson. This species was previously recorded only from Houtman's Abrolhos, off Geraldton, Western Australia. The depth limit of 40 fathoms (73 metres) used in compiling the fauna list was chosen to allow a wide margin beyond the maximum depth of 10 or 11 fathoms in which collecting has been carried out in Port Phillip, and the depths at which skin-diving and small boat dredging are practicable. The species in the left-hand column of the fauna list marked with an asterisk were not collected by the recent Survey but only by F. Bracebridge Wilson in the 1880s. Much of his material was the subject of a report by —— 290 MEM. NAT. MUS. '. !C1 !" 1966 Bell (1888), bu1 since some of the specific names used b> Bell v. it is incorrect or have been referred to other genera l think worth while to include here an amended list. Wilson collected mainly just inside the Mi. Heads in the equivalent of areas 49, oil, 51, 58, 59 and unfortunately few details of the precise localities remain with the specimens. Positions of Areas and stations are shown on Charts I and 2 (back of volume) . I 1171 Chart I is a bathymetric chari plotted from Admiralty harl Port Phillip with the numbered area grid superimposed. ''> (hart 2 shows position of the stations numbered I — I 7 with the same grid superimposed to aid in location of the stations >\u\ for correlation with depth, &c. Localities in the text are shown as Area numbei followed immediati Iv by the station number in brackets. I able A (back Ol volume) fiords station number, date, method of collecting (dive or dredge) and depth in fathoms. The greater pari of this report was completed in December, 1962, but further interesting material collected in 1963, prompted some additions and a few alterations. The Survey material together with some additional specimens from localities outside Port Phillip were sent in me bj Miss J, Hope Macpherson, to whom I am indebted for the opportunity of carrying out this work. HoiOtypeS of new species described m this paper ale deposited in the National Museum of Victoria. FAUNA LIST OF ECHINODERMATA FROM DEPTHS Ol LESS ["HAN 40 FATHOMS 1 - (73 Ml R] i PORT PHILLIP (SURMA' & WILSON*) OTHER 1 \s| FLINDERSIAN SPECIES. Crinolds: Comanthus (Cenolia) trichoptera (J. C. (Cenolia) tasmaniae A II Clark MUller Comatulella bi 'Ptilometra macronema (J. M.i Aporometral wilsoni ( Hell ) I Euantedon paucicirra II. Clark Antedon incommoda Hell Antedon loveni Bell Antedonid sp, Asteroids: / uidia austi alia < i KJderlein Astropecten pectinatus Sladen Astropecten schayeri D5d. .... ,. ,. Astropecten vappa MUller & Troschel Tosta austrahs Graj Astropscten pretssi M. & Tr. spedmen o1 ( rhio,ato fr°m p ,.11^™'^?:'™,:::;;';:;";:::,:' °« ™« - *< »-.,, %,„.,,„, 2. Astropecten schayeri will probablj prove to be ., synonym nl I pectinatui • ) ECHINODERMATA 291 Asteroids—continued. Tosia magnified (M. & Tr.) (synonyms aurata and grandis) Pentagonaster duebeni Gray (synonyms crassimanus and stibarus) Nectria multispina H. L. C. Nectria ocellata Perrier Nectria macrobrachia H. L. C. •Austrofromta polypora (H.L.C.) Anthaster valvulatus (M. & Tr.) Petricia vemicina (Lmk.) Patiriella gunni (Gray Patiriella exigua (Lmk.) Patiriella calcar (Lmk.) Asterina atyphoida H. L. C. Paranepanthia grandis (H.L.C.) Nepanthia hadracantha sp. now Plectaster decanus (M. & Tr.) Echinaster arcystatus H.L.C. Echinaster glomeratus H.L.C. Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray) Australiaster dubius (H.L.C.) Allostichaster polyplax (M. & tr.) Allostichaster regularis H.L.C. iSmilasterias irregularis H.L.C. Uniophora granifera (Lmk.) Uniophora obesa H.L.C. Uniophora multispina H.L.C. Uniophora uniserialis H.L.C. Uniophora gymnonota H.L.C. Uniophora nuda (Per.) Ophiuroids:— pulcher H.L.C. Astroconus au tralis (Verrill) Astroconus Astroboa ernae Dod. Ophiomyxa australis Liitken brachygnatha H.L.C. Ophiacantha alternate sp. nov. Ophiacantha Amphipholis squamata (D. Chiaje) H.L.C. Amphiura constricta Lyman Amphiura trisacantha Amphiura poecila H.L.C. ochroleuca (Brock) Amphiura elandiformis sp. nov. Amphiodia Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) parviscutata sp. nov. tricolor H.L.C. Ophiocentrus pilosus (Lyman) Ophiactis Ophiactis resiliens Lyman Ophiothrix aristulata Lyman Ophiothrix caespitosa Lyman Placophiothrix spongicola (Stimpson) pulchra H.L.C. Ophiocoma canaliculata Liitken Ophiocoma Ophtocomtna australis H.L.C. Ophionereis semoni (Dod.) Ophionereis schayeri (M. & Tr.) Pectinura assimilis (Bell) *Pectinura arenosa Lyman Ophiurodon opacum H.L.C. Ophiarachnella ramsayi (Bell) Ophioplocus bispinosus H.L.C. *Ophiocrossota multispina (Ljungman) Ophiura ooplax (H.L.C.) Ophiura kinbergi Lj. Ophiozonella elevata (H.L.C.) Ixhinoids:— irregularis Mtsn. tubaria forma impressa Phyllacanthus Goniocidaris Temnopleurus michaelseni (Dod.) Koehler zigzag L. Agassiz *Microcyphus Microcyphus pulchellus H.L.C. •Microcyphus compsus H.L.C. annulatus Mtsn. •Microcyphus H.L.C. ovum (Lmk.) Amblypneustes pachistus Amblypneustes Amblypneustes grandis H.L.C. Amblypneustes formosus Valenciennes Amblypneustes pallidus (Lmk.) *Holopneustes porosissimus L. Ag. *Holopneustes inflatus LUtken in A. Agassiz (yal.) Heh'ocidarts ervthrogramma Pachycentrotus australiae (Michelin A. Agassiz) Port Phillip which might belong to this mentions some small specimens from 4 H I. Clark nwn species. ) ) a 292 MF.M. NAT. MILS. VICT. 27—1966 Echinoids— continued. *Clypeaster australasiae (Gray) Ammotrophu8 cyclius I I.I ..< Ammotrophus platyterus H.L.C. I'rroncllti peroni (L.Ag.) Fibular hi ovulum Link. *Echinocyamus platytatus H.L.C. Fibularia plateia H.L.C. Protenastei australis (Gray) Moira stygia LUtken in A.Ag Moira lethe Mtsn. Echinocardium cordatutn (Pennant) Brissus meridionalis Mtsn. Eupatagus valenciennesi L.Ag. Holothurians:— StichopUS mollis (liutton) Sti'chopus ludwigi Erwe Holothuria hai tmeyeri Erwe Pentacta australis Ludwig ( 'ucumaria striata Joshua & Creed Stereoderma sp. 'Cucumaria squamatoides H.L.C— nomen nudum Staurothyone inconspicua (Bell) ( Thyone nigi a J. & C. Staurothyone wen oi ( J. it '. \ 'oamphi'cyclus lividus I lickman Cucumella mutans (Joshua) Amphicycius mortenseni Heding & Panning / t'poti apeza \ ent i ipes ( J. & C.) Lipotrapeza vestiens (J.) Neothyonidium dearmatum (Dendy & Hindi.') Psolidium sp. Paracaudina australis (Semper) Pai (irnii((/ni( letrapora ( I I.I ..C.) Leptosynapta dolabrifera (Stimpson) I.cptosynaptu ir/ino./r.s H.L.C. ( hit idota gig as Dendy & H indie Trochodota allani i J, | 7>ochodota roebucfei J. 5, Notes on the nomenclature ol this and so in i lu- relevant kevs SPECIES OF ECHINODERMS COLLE< I I I) BY I. B. \UI SON ,M PORT PHILLIP AND RECORDED BY BELL, 1888 [with the tccepted name (where different) on the right]. Antedon Wilsoni sp. nov. Aporometra wilsoni (Hell) Antedon incommoda sp. nov. Same ( Actinometra trichoptera MUller 'omanthus trichoptera ( MUller | Asterias calamaria Cray Coscin asterias calamaria (Gray) Plectaster decanus M. & Tr, Same Nectria ocellata Perrier Nectria multispina H. L. Clark* Tosia grandis Gray Tosia magnifica (M. & Tr. ' Polmipes sp. Not traced, one labelled ' Asterina is Paranepanthia grandis (H.L.C.) Asterina
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