Tromikosoma australe Koehler 1926 ...

• Main Author: Anderson, Owen F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Echinoidea; Echinothurioida; Echinothuriidae; Tromikosoma; Tromikosoma australe; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055443; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6055443

Tromikosoma australe (Koehler 1926) ( Figures 10–13) Material examined. 10 specimens from 3 records (all NIWA). Northeast Tasman Sea: 1 specimen (160 mm TD), 34° 31.5´S, 166° 21´E, 2930 m, NIWA45040; 8 specimens (180, 160, 98 (dry), 88, 82, 74, 61, 51 mm TD), 35° 43.7´S, 160° 16.2´E, 3480 m, NIWA45092; 1 specimen (29 mm TD), 38° 37.3´S, 165° 36´E, 2417–2421 m, NIWA45121. Unless stated all stored in 80% ethanol. Size range. The 10 specimens range in size from 29 mm to 180 mm TD. Occurrence. All three records are from deep water in the Tasman Sea, near the Lord Howe Rise (Figure 11). The potential depth range for the species is 2417–3480 m. Remarks. These specimens represent the first records of this species since it was discovered off South Australia by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14 and subsequently described by Koehler (1926). Recent examination of the holotype in the Australian Museum revealed the (dry) specimen to be in very poor condition and the test could not be examined in any detail ... : Published as part of Anderson, Owen F., 2016, A review of New Zealand and southeast Australian echinothurioids (Echinodermata: Echinothurioida) — excluding the subfamily Echinothuriinae — with a description of a new species of Tromikosoma, pp. 451-488 in Zootaxa 4092 (4) on pages 464-466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262655 ...