Species Anthenea sidneyensis Döderlein, 1915

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea australiae sidneyensis Döderlein, L. 1915. Die Arten der Asteroiden-Gattung Anthenea Gray. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 68: 21-55 pls 3-11 [53, pl. 9(4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 2629, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ZMH 1060.
• Goniodiscus acutus Perrier, E. 1869. Recherches sur les Pédicellaires et les Ambulacres des Astéries et des Oursins. Paris : Masson 188 pp. [also in Ann. Sci. Nat. 12] [280] [junior homonym of Goniodiscus acutus Heller, 1863].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as 'Nouvelle-Hollande').
• Anthenea edmondi Clark, A.M. 1970. The name of the starfish, Anthenea acuta (Perrier), preoccupied. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 95(2): 157 pl. 6 [157, pl. 6(1-2)] [nom. nov. for Goniodiscus acutus Perrier, 1869].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (the name Anthenea australiae sidneyensis has not been used since it was described; edmondi is the name in current use but does not have priority)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Lindeman Is., Qld to (Tas); Manus Is., New Guinea. Depth range 0-72 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, temperate, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. 1993. An index of names of recent Asteroidea—Part 2: Valvatida. pp. 187-366 in Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (eds). Echinoderm Studies. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema. [295] (argues for suppression of the name sidneyensis by the ICZN)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Anthenea acuta (Perrier, 1869))

 

History of changes

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