Species Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, 1889

Museums

Regional Maps

• Crossaster penicillatus Sladen, W.P. 1889. Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 30: 1-893 pls 1-117 [446].
• Crossaster multispinus Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [66, pl. 18(5-6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E5293, between Gabo Is., VIC and Disaster Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM E5078 2 specimens, SE of Bruni Is, TAS; MCZ.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. London : Natural History Museum and Chapman Hall 794 pp. 75 figs 113 pls.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Hawke, NSW to off Bruny Is., Tas, Tasman Sea; New Zealand, Macquarie Island. Depth range 90-1395 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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

Fell, H.B. 1958. Deep-sea echinoderms of New Zealand. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington 24: 1-40, pls 1-5 (Crossaster multispinus H.L. Clark, 1916 conspecific with Crossaster japonicus (Fisher, 1911) but , disagrees and recognises Crossaster multispinus as a valid species)

O'Hara, T.D. 1998. Systematics and biology of Macquarie Island echinoderms. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 167-223, 4 figs, 5 pls [Date published 1/5/1999] [182]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	ECHINODERMATA	23-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Nish Nizar (NMV)
12-Feb-2012		12-Feb-2012	MOVED
15-Sep-2023		12-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)