Species Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Choriaster granulatus Lütken, C.F. 1869. Ueber Choriaster granulatus, eine neue Gattung aus der Familie der Asteriden. xxxv in Schmeltz, J.D.E. (ed.). Catalog der zum verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorichen Expeditionen der Herren J.C. Godeffroy and Sohn in Hamburg. Hamburg : unknown Vol. 4. [35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH 1 specimen (labelled 'Fidschi Inseln'), Palau and Fiji as 'Pelew Island and Viti Island'.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From Green Is. to Keeper Reef, Qld and Rowley Shoals, WA; Indo-west Pacific, Red Sea. Depth range 0-40 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), 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.

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

 

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)