Species Asterodiscides macroplax Rowe, 1985
- Asterodiscides macroplax 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 [536 fig. 1 pls 2(D-F), 3(A-D].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1726 (old number: 186–78), Houtman Abrolhos, WA.
Paratype(s) AM J16334; AM J16336; AM J14069; AM J14111; WAM Z1727 2 specimens (old number: 188–78), Houtman Abrolhos, WA; WAM Z1728 1 specimen (old number: 48–81), Houtman Abrolhos, WA; WAM Z1729 1 specimen (old number: 405–80), Monte Bel;lo Is, WA; WAM Z1730 2 spoecimens (old number: 59–80), Montebello Is, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos to north of Port Hedland WA. Depth range 7-83 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
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 (in part, Exmouth Gulf specimens, as
History of changes
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