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Species Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)

 

Generic Combinations

  • Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884).
  • Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

NW coast to Murray Island, Torres Strait to Port Molle, QLD; west Pacific Ocean.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

  • West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

Extra Ecological Information

(inshore).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
02-Feb-2018 COMATULIDA 29-Jan-2018 MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023 11-Dec-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)