Species Goniodiscaster rugosus (Perrier, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Goniodiscus rugosus Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la Collection de Stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris : C. Reinwald et Cie 384 pp. [also published in Arch. Zool.] [233].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1949.2.21.5 2 specimens, locality unknown.
• Pentagonaster coppingeri Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [128].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.22.21, Port Curtis, QLD and/or Prince of Wales Channel, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [50]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA to Port Curtis, Qld. Depth range 9-391 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, 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 (as Goniodiscaster coppingeri (Bell, 1884))

 

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)