Species Culcita novaeguineae Müller & Troschel, 1842

Museums

Regional Maps

• Culcita novaeguineae Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig : Papier, Druck und Verlag 134 pp. 12 pls. [38].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 611, 1300, New Guinea.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA to Lady Elliott Is., Qld; east Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-30 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. 1993. An index of names of recent Asteroidea—Part 2: Valvatida. pp. 187-366 in Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (eds). Echinoderm Studies. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema.

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 [108] (validity of varieties op. cit. dubious)

Livingstone, A.A. 1932. Notes on some representatives of the asteroid genus Culcita. The Australian Zoologist 7(3): 265-273 pls 14-17 [265-270] (reports five varieties, typica, acutispinosa, typica-acutispinosa, plana and arenosa)

 

History of changes

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