Species Astroceras elegans (Bell, 1917)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Astroschema elegans Bell, F.J. 1917. Echinoderma. Part 1. — Actinogonidiata. British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910. Zoology 4(1): 1-10 pls 1-2 [7].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1915.2.1.71.75, east of North Cape, New Zealand. - Astroceras maui McKnight, D.G. 1968. Some echinoderms from the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2(3): 505-526 [516-519, figs 4-5].
Type data:
Holotype NIWA 448 (formerly H41), Star of Bengal Bank (32º30´S 179º12´W), New Zealand.
Paratype(s) NIWA 449-451 (formerly P44–46) 3 specimens.
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 [66-68, fig. 25, 32] (as Astroceras elegans)
Generic Combinations
- Astroceras elegans (Bell, 1917).
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand (25-705 m), eastern Australia (143 m), Tasman Sea (308-875 m), New Caledonia (350-705 m).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
General References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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