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Echinoderms from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea, Cape Expedition, 1941-1945

Citation

Fell H B (2020): Echinoderms from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea, Cape Expedition, 1941-1945. v1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=nzsubantechinoderms&v=1.0 https://doi.org/10.15468/spxgxa accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-10.

Description

This report is based on the collections of specimens and data in the Auckland and Campbell Islands in the years 1941-45. Early in 1941, coast-watching stations were established at Port Ross, Carnley Harbour, and Perseverance Harbour, and the personnel of from three to five men at each were relieved once a year. Standing instructions issued by the Navy Office included a recommendation that the men should, in addition to service routine, record general observations on natural phenomena. This report is regarded as of the Cape Expedition which was the war-time code name for parties in the field between 1941 and 1945.

The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand comprise five groups, all standing upon the New Zealand submarine plateau. They share an echinoderm fauna which presents many resemblances to that of the New Zealand mainland, though possessing distinctive features of its own. Of the five groups on the plateau, two - namely the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island - were visited by Th. Mortensen in 1914, and as a result of his studies, together with some previous work, notably that of Farquhar (1898) and Benham (1909), the faunal relationships above noted were fairly clear. This data set collected by the Cape Expedition consolidated and confirmed all of Mortensens conclusions and supplemented them with fresh data from the Snare and the Antipodes groups.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea
  1. Asteroidea
    rank: class
  2. Ophiuroidea
    rank: class
  3. Echinoidea
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Auckland Islands, Snares Island, Campbell Island; and Bounty Islands

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Fell, H.B. (1953). Echinoderms from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand: Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Records of the Dominion Museum 2: 73-111. 2 plates. -

Contacts

H. Barraclough Fell
originator
position: Professor
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
NZ
H. Barraclough Fell
metadata author
position: Professor
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
NZ
H. Barraclough Fell
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington
NZ
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