Species Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterias granifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [560].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes').
• Uniophora globifera Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1840.3.9.5, TAS (as Van Diemens Land).
• Asterias fungifera Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [337].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle–Hollande).
• Asterias sinusoida Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [338] [as Asterias sinusoïda].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1842.11.11.12, Hobart, TAS.
• Uniophora multispina Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [407, fig. 119a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K184 (was E441), Henley Beach, near Adelaide, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA K185 2 specimens.
• Uniophora obesa Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [409, figs 120a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K190 (was E442), Rocky Point, Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Is., SA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ.
• Uniophora uniserialis Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [413, figs 122a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K193 (was E444), Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA K385.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shepherd, S.A. 1967. A revision of the starfish genus Uniophora (Asteroidea: Asteriidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 91: 3-14 figs 1-3 pl. 1 [4]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Solitary Is., NSW to Ceduna, SA (TOH). Depth range 0-143 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, temperate.

 

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Uniophora fungifera (Perrier, 1875), Uniophora sinusoida (Perrier, 1875), Uniophora obesa H.L. Clark, 1928, Uniophora multispina H.L. Clark, 1928, Uniophora uniserialis H.L. Clark, 1928)

Shepherd, S.A. 1967. A revision of the starfish genus Uniophora (Asteroidea: Asteriidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 91: 3-14 figs 1-3 pl. 1

 

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)