Species Bunaster uniserialis H.L. Clark, 1921

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bunaster uniserialis Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [69, pls 7(2), 36(5-7)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 2313, southwestern Reef, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mer, Torres Strait to Wistari Reef, Capricorn Group and Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. Depth range 0-25 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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

Marsh, L.M. 1991. A revision of the echinoderm genus Bunaster (Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 419-433 4 figs 1 table

 

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)