Species Astrogymnotes catasticta H.L. Clark, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astrogymnotes catasticta 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 [154-155, pl. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1972 (old number: 4924), off Jurien Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM Z1973 5 specimens (old number: 4924), off Jurien Bay, WA; ZMUC 1 specimen, off Jurien Bay, WA; MCZ 3683 3 specimens, off Jurien Bay, WA; MCZ 3667 2 specimens, off Jurien Bay, WA.
• Ophiovesta granulata 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 [53-55, pl. 5(11), 6(1-5)].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) USNM E8694 1 specimen, Sulu Archipelago, Jolo Island, Jolo, North Pacific Ocean, 46m;
  Syntype(s) ZMUC 3 specimens (MPE stn 140317), off Jolo, 46m.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mortensen, T. 1932. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. LX. On an extraordinary ophiurid, Ophiocanops fugiens Koehler. With remarks on Astrogymnotes, Ophiopteron, and on an albino Ophiocoma. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 93: 1-21 figs 1-16 pl. 1 [8-11, fig. 9-11] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific, South Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

 

General References

Baker, A.N., Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. New species of the brittlestar genus Astrogymnotes H.L. Clark, 1914, from New Zealand and Japan (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31(2): 299-306 [304-305, fig. 1f] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta)

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 [179] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [174] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta)

Döderlein, L. 1930. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 2. Euryale. Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899 22(6): 349–396, figs 1–24, pls 14–16 [394-396, figs 23-24, pl. 3(7-7b)] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta; Examined a specimen from Clark)

Liao, Y. & Clark, A.M. 1995. The echinoderms of southern China. Beijing : Science Press 614 pp., 23 pls. [152-154, fig. 62] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta; 6 arms)

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

Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [405] (as Astrogymnotes catasticta)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		22-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)