Dr. John Turnbull, Marine Explorer, Australien
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Tripneustes australiae (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
Tripneustes australiae, the Lamington sea urchin, is endemic to the Tasman Sea between New South Wales and the Kermadec Islands, including New Zealand and Norforkin Island.Sea urchins of the genus Tripneustes are recognized as potent ecosystem engineers due to their intensive feeding on macroalgae and seagrass, and are highly valued for their gonads.Wild populations of Tripneustes are commercially exploited for fisheries and aquaculture.
In 2017, a new species, Tripneustes kermadecensis, was described by the scientists Bronstein, Kroh, Tautscher, Liggins & Haring, possibly initially inspired by the significantly darker coloration.Despite several papers on the supposedly new species, Tripneustes kermadecensis is listed in WoRMS as a synonym of Tripneustes australiae.
Tripneustes australiae is not offered for the marine aquarium trade, imports are not known.
Synonyms:
Euechinus australiae Tenison-Woods, 1878
Evechinus australe
Evechinus australiae Tenison-Woods, 1878
ripneustes kermadecensis Bronstein, Kroh, Tautscher, Liggins & Haring, 2017
Tripneustes australiae, the Lamington sea urchin, is endemic to the Tasman Sea between New South Wales and the Kermadec Islands, including New Zealand and Norforkin Island.Sea urchins of the genus Tripneustes are recognized as potent ecosystem engineers due to their intensive feeding on macroalgae and seagrass, and are highly valued for their gonads.Wild populations of Tripneustes are commercially exploited for fisheries and aquaculture.
In 2017, a new species, Tripneustes kermadecensis, was described by the scientists Bronstein, Kroh, Tautscher, Liggins & Haring, possibly initially inspired by the significantly darker coloration.Despite several papers on the supposedly new species, Tripneustes kermadecensis is listed in WoRMS as a synonym of Tripneustes australiae.
Tripneustes australiae is not offered for the marine aquarium trade, imports are not known.
Synonyms:
Euechinus australiae Tenison-Woods, 1878
Evechinus australe
Evechinus australiae Tenison-Woods, 1878
ripneustes kermadecensis Bronstein, Kroh, Tautscher, Liggins & Haring, 2017
