Species Echinaster callosus Marenzeller, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echinaster callosus Marenzeller, E. von 1895. Über eine neue Echinaster- Art von den Salomons-Inseln. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 62: 531-532 1 pl. [531 1, pl.].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW 9998 holotype, Solomon Ils.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia only from Lizard Is. and Double Island Point Qld; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-14 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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.

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)