Clypeaster tumidus (Tenison-Woods, 1878)Species Images
20 metres, Nursery Cove, Poor Knights, Northland, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of seacologynz.com
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Clypeaster tumidus (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Phylum: Echinodermata
This is not a Mollusc. Other non-Molluscan Phyla (Echinodermata, Brachiopoda etc) have been included to help identify species that may be mistaken for Mollusca, but are not.
Classification:
Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Clypaeasteridae (Family) > Clypeaster (Genus) > tumidus (Species)
Family:
CLYPAEASTERIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Diameter 150mm
Distribution:
Off north-east NZ, also Norfolk, Lord Howe Island and Australia
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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