Deep-Sea Echinoderms of New Zealand
Order Clypeasteroida
Order Clypeasteroida
Family Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801
Clypeaster australasiae (Gray)
- Echinanthus australasiae Gray 1851. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 34.
Material Examined: Three specimens, two of which possibly are from beyond the continental shelf: Station N.P.8, 40–125 fathoms, Bay of Plenty, 2 specimens; 60–100 fathoms, N.P.9, Bay of Plenty, 1 specimen.
All material so far recorded from New Zealand has been from this area (see Fell, 1949, p. 345).
Family Laganidae
Peronella Gray, 1855
Peronella hinemoae Mortensen
- Mortensen, Th., 1921. Vid. Medd. dansk. naturh. For., 73.
Material Examined: Seven specimens from the same two stations, N.P.8 and N.P.9 given under Clypeaster australasiae immediately above.