Species Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphiura catephes Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [221-222].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4921, off Middle Head, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4922.
• Amphiura phrixa Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [232-233].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4923, Broome, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 4924–4926 41 specimens; QM G2079; WAM Z1949 1 specimen (old number: 188-39), Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA; NMV H132 1 specimen, Broome WA; AM J6234 4 specimens, Roebuck Bay, Broome, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1979. Some Ophiuroidea from the Tasman Sea and adjacent waters. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 21-51, figs 1-8 [42-43] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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. [80-81, 96, fig. 26c, 47e] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) phrixa)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [193] (as Amphiura catephes; also as Amphiura phrixa H.L. Clark, 1938)

Gibbs, P.E., Clark, A.M. & Clark, C.M. 1976. Echinoderms from the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 30(4): 101-144 [120] (as Amphiura catephes)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [347] (as Amphiura (Amphiura) catephes)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)