WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pfeffer, G. 1887. Ueber Parasalenia gratiosa A. Agassiz und Parasalenia Pöhlii nov. spec. Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftlich Unterhaltung zu Hamburg 6, 110-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27933860 page(s): 112-113 [details]
original description
(of Parasalenia Pöhlii Pfeffer, 1887) Pfeffer, G. 1887. Ueber Parasalenia gratiosa A. Agassiz und Parasalenia Pöhlii nov. spec. Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftlich Unterhaltung zu Hamburg 6, 110-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27933860 page(s): 111-113 [details]
basis of record
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
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Distribution Also distributed in Onotoa Atoll, Tuamotus, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954; Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995) [details]
Ecology benthic, inshore, continentl shelf, detritus feeder. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (western Indian Ocean), (west Pacific Ocean), depth range 0-70 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Fossil range Pliocene (?) to recent
(The Pliocene record is based on a specimen identified as Parasalenia cf. poehlii by Jeannet (1955)) [details]
Original description Schale niedergedrückt, länglich, mit sehr grossem Abaktinalfeld von 1/3-Schalenlänge und sehr kleinem Analfeld von 1/4-Länge des Abaktinalfeldes, mit geringelten Stacheln von wenig mehr als halber Schalenlänge. [details]
Syntype Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (Austria) no. 10897 [details]
Type locality Tahiti [details]
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