Species Gymnanthenea globigera (Döderlein, 1915)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthenea globigera Döderlein, L. 1915. Die Arten der Asteroiden-Gattung Anthenea Gray. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 68: 21-55 pls 3-11 [50, pl. 8(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (whereabouts undetermined, possibly ZMB*), Turtle Is., northwestern Australia.
• Gymnanthenea laevis Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia. An account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55: 1-596, figs 1-64, pls 1-28 [108, pl. 19(4-5)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 2772, Wallaby Group, Houtman Abrolhos (as Houtman Ils), WA.

 

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] (formalises listing by Marsh, L.M. 1976. Western Australian Asteroidea since H.L. Clark. Thalassia Jugoslavica 12(1): 213–225 figs 1–2 [218])

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Windsor Reef, Pelsart Is., WA to Darwin, NT, uncertain record from vicinity of Fremantle, WA and tentative identification of juvenile specimen from Mooloolaba, Qld. Depth range 0-36 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (also as Gymnanthenea laevis H.L. Clark, 1938)

Marsh, L.M. 1976. Western Australian Asteroidea since H.L. Clark. Thalassia Jugoslavica 12(1): 213-225 figs 1-2

 

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)