Species Asterodiscides pinguiculus Rowe, 1977
- Asterodiscides pinguiculus 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 [204, fig. 4h-j].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1731 (old number: 1079–74), off Bernier Is., Shark Bay, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the type locality off Bernier Island WA. Depth range 23-27 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.
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 (specimen recorded in original description from Exmouth Gulf referred to
History of changes
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