Species Capillaster asterias A.H. Clark, 1931

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Species Capillaster asterias A.H. Clark, 1931

Capillaster asterias Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [160, pls 13(33), 82(224)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM E18334 (2 specimens), Sunda Strait, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Port Hedland WA; Indonesia. Depth range 35-56 m.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NW coast

Oriental Region

Indonesia
West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

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] (Australian specimens may represent new species)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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