Species Astropecten vappa Müller & Troschel, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astropecten vappa Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1843. 1. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 113-131 [119].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 801, southwestern Australia.
• Astropecten hartmeyeri Döderlein, L. 1917. Die Asteriden der Siboga Expedition. I. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expéditie Report 46(a): 1-191 figs 1-20 pls 1-17 [54, 156, pls 5(8), 14(6-6c)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined), Freycinet Reach, Shark Bay, WA.
• Astropecten zebra Sladen, W.P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition.— Part II. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 17: 214-269 [261].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [75]

 

Introduction

Astropecten zebra Sladen, 1883 synonym according to Shepherd (1968).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumaustralian; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-128 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	18-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)