Subspecies Astropecten polyacanthus phragmorus Fisher, 1913
- Astropecten acanthifer phragmorus Fisher, W.K. 1913. Four new genera and fifty-eight new species of starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43: 599-648 [604] [Subspecies according to A.M. Clark (1974)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 30510, off Tinakta Is., Tawi Tawi Group, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.
Generic Combinations
- Astropecten phragmorus Fisher, 1913.
Introduction
Species sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. polyacanthus (see A.M. Clark 1974).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Australia (unspecified locality) and Keeper Reef, Towsville Qld; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Recorded depth ?37 m
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Aziz, A. & Jangoux, M. 1984. Les Astéries (Echinodermes) du Plateau de la Sonde (Indonesia). Indo-Malayan Zoology 1: 127-140 [133] (as a subspecies of Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Clark, A.M. 1974. Notes on some echinoderms from southern Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26(6): 421-487 figs 1-16 tables 1-3
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. (as Astropecten phragmorus)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |