Species Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
- Archaster angulatus Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [66].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, Java, Indo-Malay Archipelago and Mauritius (as 'Isle de France'), W Indian Ocean; MNHP, Java, Indo-Malay Archipelago and Mauritius (as 'Isle de France'), W Indian Ocean. - Archaster laevis 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 [75, pl. 17(2)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3135, vicinity of Broome, WA.
Paratype(s) AM J6116 3 specimens, Broome, WA; WAM Z1700 1 specimen (old number: 64–39), Broome, WA; WAM Z1701 1 specimen (old number: 65–39), Broome, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sukarno, M. & Jangoux, M. 1977. Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 91(4): 817-844 figs 1-3 pls 4-6 [830]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Doubtful Is. Bay, WA to Hayman Is., Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-50 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, 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. (also as Archaster laevis H.L. Clark, 1938)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Archaster laevis H.L. Clark, 1938)
Sukarno, M. & Jangoux, M. 1977. Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 91(4): 817-844 figs 1-3 pls 4-6
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |