Species Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astrophyton sculptum Döderlein, L. 1896. Bericht über die von Herrn Prof. Semon bei Amboina und Thursday Island gesammelten Ophiuroidea. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 279-300, pls 14-18 [299, pl. 18(29)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Amboina, Indonesia.
• Gorgonocephalus robillardi de Loriol, P. 1899. Notes pour servir à l'étude des Echinodermes. VII. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 33(2,1): 1-34 pls 1-3 [31 pl. 3(3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH, Mauritius (as 'Ile Maurice').
• Astrophyton gracile Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [125-127, pl. 17(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA E2327 1 specimen (Siboga stn 310), Indonesia, 73m [8°39'S, 119°7.5'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Döderlein, L. 1927. Indopacifische Euryalae. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 31(6): 1-105 pls 1-10 [96] (as Astroglymna robillardi)
• 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, fig. 19, 28, 31] (as Astroglymma sculptum)

 

Generic Combinations

• Astrodactylus robillardi (de Loriol, 1899).
• Astroglymma sculptum (Döderlein, 1896).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Astroglymna sculptum (Döderlein, 1896) [misspelling of generic name]. —
  Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [365]
  Liao, Y. 2004. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. 1-305, pl. 1-6 in Fauna Sinica. Beijing : Science Press Vol. 40.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian, Indo-Pacific, North Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

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] (as Astroglymma sculptum)

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 [190] (as Astrodactylus robillardi)

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 [96-97] (as Astrodactylus robillardi)

Imaoka, T., Irimura, S., Okutani, T., Oguro, C., S 1991. Echinoderms from continental shelf and slope around Japan Vol. 2. Tokyo : Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association 203 pp. [121, fig. 44] (as Astroglymna sculpta)

Irimura, S. 1981. Ophiurans of Tanabe Bay and its vicinity, with the description of a new species of Ophiocentrus. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 26(1/3): 15-49, pl. 1 [20] (as Astroglymma sculptum)

Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [15-16, pl. 2(10-12)] (as Astroglymna sculptum)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [170, fig. 74] (as Astroglymna sculptum)

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 [34-38, fig. 26-27, pl. 3(1-2), 4(1)] (as Astroglymna robillardi; many specimens from one haul)

Mortensen, T. 1934. Echinoderms from Hong Kong. Hong Kong Naturalist Suppl. 3: 3-14, 8 pls [pl. 6] (as Astroglymma sculptum)

Murakami, S. 1944. Note on the ophiurans from Amakusa, Kyusyu. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(8): 259-280 5 fig 1 pl. [263-264, fig. 1, pl. 1(1)] (as Astroglymna sculptum)

Murakami, S. 1944. Report on the ophiurans from Ogasawara Islands and from on the Yaeyama group, Nippon. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 7(7): 235-257, 14 figs [248] (as Astroglymna sculptum)

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [365] (as Astroglymna sculptum)

 

History of changes

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