Species Echinaster arcystatus H.L. Clark, 1914
- Echinaster arcystatus Clark, H.L. 1914. The echinoderms of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 132-173 fig. 1 pls 17-26 [148, pl. 21].
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z1741 (old number: 4918), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Montague Is., NSW to Shark Bay, WA, Kent Group Tas. Depth range 0-46 m.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, detritivore, inshore, 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
Rowe, F.W.E. & Albertson, E.L. 1987. A new species in the echinasterid genus Echinaster Müller and Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from southeastern Australia and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 109(3): 195-202 figs 1-4
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |