Species Bollonaster pectinatus (Sladen, 1883)
- Astropecten pectinatus Sladen, W.P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition.— Part II. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 17: 214-269 [251].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1890.5.7.220–4, Port Jackson, NSW, Bass Strait, Port Phillip, VIC, and South Australia. - Astropecten schayeri Döderlein, L. 1917. Die Asteriden der Siboga Expedition. I. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expéditie Report 46(a): 1-191 figs 1-20 pls 1-17 [46, 60, pls 1(1), 7(1-1c)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 802, 'Tasmania'. - Astropecten syntomus Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3(4): 361-482 figs 108-142 [372, fig. 110].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA K45 (was E409), not stated, presumably SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Shepherd, S.A. 1968. The shallow-water echinoderm fauna of South Australia. 1. The asteroids. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14(4): 729-756 [733] (as Astropecten pectinatus Sladen, 1883)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE Queensland to City Beach, WA. Depth range 9-280 m
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, temperate.
General References
Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Astropecten schayeri Döderlein, 1917, Astropecten syntomus H.L. Clark, 1928)
John, D.D. 1948. Notes on Asteroidea in the British Museum (Natural History) 1. The species of Astropecten. Novitates Zoologicae 42(3): 485-508 pls 1-4 (as Astropecten pectinatus Sladen, 1883)
History of changes
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