Species Astrostole rodolphi (Perrier, 1875)
- Asterias rodolphi Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [305, 41].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1855.11.19.13, Kermadec Ils, SW Pacific. - Astrostole insularis 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 [191, pl. 8(1)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 3362, Lord Howe Is., Tasman Sea. - Astrostole multispina Clark, A.M. 1950. A new species of sea-star from Norfolk Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3(77): 808-811 fig. 1 pls 11-12 [808, fig. 1A-B, pls 11-12].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 56.9.24.11, Norfolk Is., Tasman Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table [290]
- Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (this synonymy was based on re-examination of extant type specimens and other comparative material in AM and NMNZ which showed no consistent differences between the taxa)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Point Danger, Qld to Bondi, NSW and from Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs; southwest Pacific, Kermadec Ils. Depth range 0-250 m. New Zealand
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Astrostole insularis H.L. Clark, 1938)
Town, J.C. 1979. Distribution and dispersal of the genus Astrostole Fisher, 1923 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9(4): 385-395 figs 1-3 (also as Astrostole insularis H.L. Clark, 1938, Astrostole multispina A.M. Clark, 1950,
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |