Species Asteroschema salix Lyman, 1879
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Astroschema salix Lyman, T. 1879. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, under Prof. Sir Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Part 2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6(2): 17-83, pls 11-19 [66-67, pl. 17(466-469)] [original misspelling of genus name].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.12.23.271 1 specimen (Challenger stn 170a), Kermadec Islands, 1171m [29°45'S, 178°11'W].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [177] (as Asteroschema salix)
Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [277-278, pl. 22(13-15)] (as Astroschema salix)
McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115: 1-79 [21-24, fig. 7, pl. 6] (as Astroschema salix)
History of changes
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| 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED |