Amblypneustes elevatus elevatus (Hutton, 1872)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1872 or before (Hutton, 1872; Baker, 1998)
Rediscovered in: 1998 or before [date unspecified] (Baker, 1998)
Distribution & Habitat
Australia & New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hutton, F. W. (1872). Catalogue of the echinodermata of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Colonial Museum and Geological Department. i-iv, 1-18.
Other references:
Baker, A. N. (1972). Araeosoma coriaceum (A. Agassiz) and Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin) New to New Zealand, with notes on other echinoids from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 8: 2-19.
Baker, A. N. (1998). The rediscovery of Echinus elevatus Hutton 1872 in New Zealand, and a new name for Acanthotrema Baker & Rowe 1990 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28(2): 281-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1998.9517563
Farquhar, H. (1926). Amblypneustes ovum var. pachista Clark. New Zealand journal of science and technology VIII (2), p. 128.
Fell, H. B. (1949). The occurrence of Australian echinoderms in New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3: 343-346.
Kroh, A. and Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Amblypneustes elevatus elevatus (Hutton, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608109 on 2025-05-27
McKnight, D. G. (1969). An Outline Distribution of the New Zealand Shelf Fauna. Benthos Survey, Station List, and Distribution of the Echinoidea. New Zealand Oceanographic Insititute Memoir 47: 89.
Mortensen, T. (1921). Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland-Campbell Islands. 1 Echinoidea. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. Videnskabelige Meddelesser Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhaven 73: 139-197.
Mortensen, T. (1943). Monograph of the Echinoidea. Ill (2) Camaradonta I, pp. 553. Copenhagen.