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).