Species Plectaster decanus (Müller & Troschel, 1843)
- Echinaster decanus Müller, J. & Troschel, F.H. 1843. 1. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Asteriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 113-131 [114].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 751–753, southwestern Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW to Yanchep, WA. Depth range 0-200 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, 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. 1988. A new genus and four new species in the family Echinasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 110(1): 83-100 figs 1-10 [84] (comment that because the furrow spines occur in a comb-shaped row along the adradial edge of the ambulacral plates, the genus
History of changes
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