Species Astrosierra microconus (H.L. Clark, 1914)
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Conocladus microconus 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 [156-158, pl. 25].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1957 (old number: 4921), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.
Paratype(s) MCZ 3670 1 paratype, between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Astrosierra microconus (H.L. Clark, 1914).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, South Pacific
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southwest Transition (7)
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 [42-44, fig. 12c, 14, 32] (as Astrosierra microconus)
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 [184] (as Conocladus microconus)
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 [179-180] (as Conocladus microconus)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [366] (as Astrosierra microconus)
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 26-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
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