Species Goniodiscaster australiae Tortonese, 1937

Museums

Regional Maps

• Goniodiscaster australiae Tortonese, E. 1937. Descrizione di una nouva Stella di mare (Goniodiscaster australiae, n.sp.). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3 45(69): 293-297 1 fig. 1 pl. [293, figs, pl.].

  Type data:

   Holotype MZUT 449, 'Australia occidentale'.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Abbot Point, near Bowen, Qld and Exmouth Gulf to King Sound, WA. Depth range 9-56 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, 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.

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		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)