Species Nardoa mamillifera Livingstone, 1930

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nardoa mamillifera Livingstone, A.A. 1930. On some new and little-known Australian asteroids. Records of the Australian Museum 18(1): 15-24 pls 4-8 [20, pl.7(1-5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J1197, Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gomophia mamillifera (Livingstone, 1930).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray Is. (as Mer, Murray Ils), Lodestone Reef; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-16 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. 1967. Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 15(4): 169-198 pls 1-6 [180] (possible synonym of Nardoa frianti Koehler, 1910)

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

 

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)
15-Sep-2023		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)