Species Astropecten pulcherrimus H.L. Clark, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astropecten pulcherrimus 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 [68, pl. 1(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 3123, Lagrange Bay, northwestern Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA to Bountiful Is., Gulf of Carpentaria. Depth approximately 9 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

General References

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)