Species Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Astrophyton clavatum Lyman, T. 1861. Descriptions of new Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 75-86 [85].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 475, Zanzibar.
Generic Combinations
- Astroboa clavata (Lyman, 1861).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific, occurrence in Australia doubtful
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
General References
Bell, F.J. 1894. On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 392-413, pls 23-27 [395] (as Astroboa clavata; only record from Australia)
Cherbonnier, G. & Guille, A. 1978. Faune de Madagascar. 48. Echinodermes: Ophiurides. Paris : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 272 pp, 77 figs, 17 pls. [16, pl. 1(5-6)] (as Astroboa clavata)
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [78-79, 92] (as Astroboa clavata)
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 [187] (as Astroboa clavata)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [182] (as Astroboa ernae (in part), doubts Bell's record was correctly identified, the only record from Australia)
Koehler, R. 1898. Échinodermes, receuillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. II. Les ophiures littorales. Bulletin Scientique de la France et de la Belgique 31: 55-124, pls 2-5 [116] (as Astrophyton clavatum)
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 [258] (as Astrophyton clavatum)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [363] (as Astroboa clavata)
History of changes
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