Species Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophiocreas adhaerens Studer, T. 1884. Verzeichniss der während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde 1874–76 gesammelten Asteriden und Euryaliden. Abhandlungen der Akadamie der Wissenschaften Berlin 1884: 1-64 pls 1-5 [54, pl. 5(11a-d)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, southwest of Dirk Hartog Is., WA [25°50'08"S, 112°36'08"E].
• Ophiocreas melambaphes Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [155].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1952 (old number: 4925), off Jurien Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3669 1 specimen, off Jurien Bay, WA.
• Ophiocreas rhabdotum Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [156].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1953 (old number: 4926), off Jurien Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 3668 1 specimen, off Jurien Bay, WA.
• Asteronyx banzarei Madsen, F.J. 1967. Ophiuroidea. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 9: 123-144, figs 1-8, pl. 1 [140-141, fig. 6, pl. 1(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA K1318, east of Albany, WA [35°18'S, 118°15'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA K1319.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baker, A.N. 1980. Euryalinid Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Australia, New Zealand, and the south-west Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 11-83 figs 1-33 [27-28, fig. 6, 7, 30] (as Astrobrachion adhaerens)

 

Generic Combinations

• Astrobrachion adhaerens (Studer, 1884).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, 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, pl. 1(9)] (as Ophiocreas melambaphes)

Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [202] (as Astrobrachion adhaerens)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [176] (as Ophiocreas melambaphes)

Döderlein, L. 1911. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Über japonische und andere Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2(5): 1-123 pls 1-9 [113] (as Astroschema (Ophiocreas) adhaerens)

Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 31(6): 1-105 pls 1-10 [99] (as Asteroschema (Ophiocreas) melambaphes)

Marsh, L.M. 1991. Shallow water echinoderms of the Albany region, south-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 pp. 439-482. [455-456] (as Asteroschema adhaerens)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Further records of Tasman and Coral Sea echinoderms. DMFS Reports 3: 3-18 [11] (as Asteroschema adhaerens)

McKnight, D.G. 1989. Some echinoderm records from the tropical Southwest Pacific Ocean. DMFS Reports 3: 19-30 [25] (as Asteroschema adhaerens)

McKnight, D.G. 2000. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115: 1-79 [38-40, fig. 16, pl. 15] (as Asteroschema adhaerens)

Mortensen, T. 1933. Studies of Indo-Pacific euryalids. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 96: 1-75 figs 1-57 pls 1-5 [68-71, fig. 53, 57b-c, pl. 5(3)] (as Asteroschema (Astroscolex) adhaerens)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [357-358] (as Asteroschema adhaerens)

 

History of changes

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