Species Archaster typicus Müller & Troschel, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Archaster typicus Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Beobachtungen über die Asteriensammlung des Zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 100-106 [104].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indo-Malay Archipelago.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, WA to Angourie, NSW; east Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-60 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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, 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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

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

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