Species Asterodiscides truncatus (Coleman, 1911)
- Asterodiscus truncatus Coleman, H.L. 1911. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Echinodermata. Supplement. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(14): 699-701 figs 123-125 pl. 83 [699, figs 123-125, pl.83].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM J1053 1 specimen, off Botany Bay, NSW, and off east coast of VIC, (St Francis Is., SA, specimen apparently lost); AM J2047 1 specimen, east coast of VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Off North Solitary Is., NSW to off Eucla, Great Australian Bight WA; Kermadec Ils, New Zealand. Depth range (?0)14-804 m.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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
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
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) |