Species Asterodiscides culcitulus Rowe, 1977
- Asterodiscides culcitulus Rowe, F.W.E. 1977. A new family of Asteroidea (Echinodermata), with the description of five new species and one new subspecies of Asterodiscides. Records of the Australian Museum 31(5): 187-233 figs 1-5 [193, fig. 1a-c].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1722 (old number: 1063–74), off Dongara, WA [29°29´S 114°12´E].
Paratype(s) WAM Z1723 9 specimens (old number: 1116–74, location of 2 paratypes unknown), SW of Jurien Bay, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South of Mandurah to Shark Bay WA. Depth range 31-180 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine, subtropical.
General References
Rowe, F.W.E. 1985. Six new species of Asterodiscides A.M. Clark (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with a discussion of the origin and distribution of the Asterodiscididae and other 'amphi-Pacific' echinoderms. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 7(A,3): 531-577 fig. 1 pls 1-6
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |