Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms of the Chatham Islands
Barraclough Fell, H. (1960). Archibenthal and littoral echinoderms of the Chatham Islands, in: Barraclough Fell, H. Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 expedition: Part 2. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 5: pp. 55-75 + 10 Pl.
In: Barraclough Fell, H. (1960). Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 expedition: Part 2. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 5. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: [s.l.]. 55-75 + 10 Pl. pp., more
In: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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The Chatham Islands echinoderm fauna is now known to comprise 54 species, of which 5 were previously undescribed, 12 were previously unknown from New Zealand, and 31 are new records for the Chatham Islands region. Shallow-water elements show a broad relationship with other faunal sub-regions of New Zealand, from Bay of Plenty to the subantarctic islands. The archibenthal echinoderm fauna cannot be distinguished from that of New Zealand as a whole, and presents striking parallels not only with that of eastern Australia, but also with that of the central Indo-west-Pacific as well as the northern Pacific. It appears no longer feasible to recognise a distinctive Chatham Islands ("Moriorian") echinoderm fauna, since it presents no obvious differences from that of the Cook Strait sub-region in the broad sense. |
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