Species Chaetaster moorei Bell, 1894
- Chaetaster moorei Bell, F.J. 1894. On the echinoderms collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Penguin and by H.M.S. Egeria, when surveying Macclesfield Bank. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1894: 392-413 pls 23-27 [404].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1893.8.25.58, Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea. - Chaetaster vestitus Koehler, R. 1910. Shallow-Water Asteroidea. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum. Calcutta : Indian Museum 191 pp. 20 pls. [136, pls 18(12), 19(10-11)].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Andaman Is., Bay of Bengal.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] (following examination of one specimen from off Lord Howe Is. and four from Middleton Reef which all show intermediate structural variations between the four known specimens of Chaetaster moorei and a single known specimen of Chaetaster vestitus Koehler, 1910)
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
From Middleton Reef and Lord Howe Is.; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 22-72 m.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine, tropical.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1951. On some echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 4(115): 1256-1268 figs 1-4 pl. 22
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |