Species Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterina anomala Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [95, pls 7(8), 23(5), 26(2-3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 2300, Mer, Murray Is., Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aquilonastra anomala (H.L. Clark, 1921). —
  O'Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of the genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1-40 [13] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Leveque, Scott Reef and Ashmore Reef, WA to One Tree Is., Qld, Christmas Is.; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-18 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

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. (as Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840 in part)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840)

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] (validity of species and occurrence on tropical coast of Australia and in Pacific region confirmed following comparison of fissiparous specimens of Asterina burtoni Gray, 1840 from the Gulf of Suez (Red Sea), AM J17892, and Asterina wega Perrier, 1869 from Mauritius, AM G6133, with type and other specimens of Asterina anomala H.L. Clark, 1921)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	16-May-2024	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
14-Sep-2015		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)